ayawaichudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ayawaichudu
Brazilian standard	ayaawaichudu
New Tribes	ayaawaichudu

Alternative forms

• adhawaichudu (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Etymology

Derived from ayawa (“Protium heptaphyllum tree, torch, bodypaint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajaːwajt͡ʃuɾ̠u]

Noun

ayawaichudu

1. (Caura River dialect) bodypaint made from ayawa used to ritually purify a child when the stump of its umbilical cord dries up and falls off from the navel

References

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