tʰujijə

Jarawa

Alternative forms

• thuiya (imprecise English-based spelling in 2003 Report)

tʰujijə (“nipa palm fronds”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰujijə/

Noun

tʰujijə

1. the fronds or leaves of Nypa fruticans, the nipa palm, used by the Jarawa as adornment

References

• Report of the Expert Committee on the Jarawas of the Andaman Islands, 2003, Chapter 3.
• Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa^[1] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 261.