minñaatö tukatojo
Ye'kwana edit
Etymology edit
From minñaatö (“Heteropsis vine”) + tuka + -tojo (instrumental nominalizer).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a Heteropsis (Araceae) spp. vine of lesser sturdiness, used to complete the outside of a basket and form its design
References edit
- Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela[1], University of Florida, page 22: “minñatö tukatojo”