kudawa
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | kudawa |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | kudaawa |
| New Tribes | cudaawa |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kudawa (possessed kudawai)
- a plant, Bromelia pinguin
- a fiber rope made from this plant, used as a ritual whip
- curare, a poison made from Strychnos toxifera
- Synonym: kumadawa
References
[edit]- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 392: “i-ku:da:way > *kyu:da:way > chu:da:way 'his poison' […] kuda:wa -ku:da:wa -i 'curare (poison)' […] kuda:wa - poison (curare)”
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 238: “cudawa”
- Briceño, Luis García (2024) Walking with Jesus in indigenous Amazonia: for an anthropology of paths[2], London: London School of Economics and Political Science, page 121: “cudawa”