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minñaatö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV minñaatö
Brazilian standard minnhaatä
New Tribes minñaatä

Pronunciation

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Noun

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minñaatö

  1. a vine, Heteropsis (Araceae) spp., used as the raw material for basketry and the main material for tying and lashing in general

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “minñaatö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 74–75, 133, 148:muñatta
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 41:miñaatö
  • Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela[2], University of Florida