Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV asu'kaajö
Brazilian standard asu'kaajä
New Tribes asu'caajä

Etymology

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From asu'ka (to smoke (meat)) +‎ -ajö (perfective past nominalizer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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asu'kaajö

  1. smoked meat

References

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  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “asu'kwaajä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI