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matutu

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Kari'na

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Etymology

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Compare Pemon matutu, Ye'kwana matidi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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matutu (possessed matuturu)

  1. a finely woven unlidded basket mainly used to collect sifted yuca flour

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 315
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “matutu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV matutu
Brazilian standard matuutu
New Tribes matuutu
historical ad hoc matuto

Pronunciation

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Noun

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matutu

  1. butterfly

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “matutu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “matuutu”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[4], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 394:maṭu:ṭu 'butterfly' [] matu:tu 'butterfly' [] matu:tu - butterfly
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “matūtu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[5], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “matuto”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN