chööjü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	chööjü
Brazilian standard	chääjö
New Tribes	chääjö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃəːhɨ]

Noun

chööjü

1. stump
2. branch
3. midrib, main vein of a leaf

Derived terms

• chööju'jö
• chööjüdü

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “chööjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 239: “chäjä”