tünküi'chö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tünküi'chö
Brazilian standard	tönköi'chä
New Tribes	töncöi'chä

Etymology

From tünküi (“yuca press”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɨŋkɨjʔt͡ʃə]

Noun

tünküi'chö

1. small press in the form of a tube of basketry for squeezing oil or poison from plant products

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 110