wensuku

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wensuku
Brazilian standard	wensuku
New Tribes	wensucu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wensuku]

Noun

wensuku (possessed wensukudu)

1. belly, stomach
2. pregnancy

Derived terms

• wensu'dö
• wensu'ta

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 149, 273
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 217: “wensucu”