piyawa namo hi

Yanomamö

Etymology

From piyawa namo (“twig ant”) +‎ hi (classifier for trees).

Noun

piyawa namo hi

1. ant tree, Triplaris americana, a myrmecophytic tree inhabited by colonies of ants in the genus Pseudomyrmex

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎^[1] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN