a'mamada
Ye'kwana edit
| ALIV | a'mamada |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | a'mamaada |
| New Tribes | a'mamaada |
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
a'mamada
- a kind of strong vine used to reinforce basketry. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
References edit
- Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “a’mamaada”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela][1] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 89
- 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 71, 74, 138, 148: “amaamada”
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 41: “a'mamaada”