Ye'kwana edit

Variant orthographies
ALIV ayadi
Brazilian standard ayaadi
New Tribes ayaadi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ayadi

  1. barbasco, any of several vines such as Lonchocarpus sericeus or Piscidia carthagenensis used as a poison for fishing

References edit

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ayaadi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “barbasco (ayadi)”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • 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, page 27:ayadi