chooda

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	chooda
Brazilian standard	chooda
New Tribes	chooda

Etymology

Borrowed from Venezuelan Spanish chola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃoːɾ̠a]

Noun

chooda

1. a kind of loricariid or auchenipterid catfish, the ‘chola’ fish, variously identified as Ageneiosus sp., Rineloricaria caracasensis, or Rineloricaria formosa

   Synonyms: majajaase, kütto

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “chooda”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon