tyjtsĩkwa

Kanoé

FWOTD – 7 February 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təjtsĩˈkwa]

Noun

tyjtsĩkwa

1. a shelter used to hide for an ambush
   • 2002, Teresa Kanoê, A morte de Turué in 2004, Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê, page 97:

     Ojo papa ojo tyjtsĩkwa poroere ava ævætseronehĩ ytseni.

     His father made his little shelter in the tree to ambush macaws.

References

• Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).