tünküi yedü
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Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | tünküi yedü |
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Brazilian standard | tönköi yedö |
New Tribes | töncöi yedö |
historical ad hoc | tingkuiyedi |
Alternative forms
[edit]- tünküi dhedü, tünküi dedü (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology
[edit]From tünküi (“yuca press”) + yedü (“tooth”), thus literally ‘teeth of the yuca press’.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Caura River dialect) elaborately constructed framework of poles with notches from which a yuca press (tünküi) is hung and stretched to press out prussic acid from yuca pulp
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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 29–30: “tingkuiyedi”