matapi

English

Noun

matapi (plural matapis)

1. Alternative form of matapee

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió matapi.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [mataːpi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [madaʔpi]

Noun

matapi (possessed matapiry)

1. matapee, sebucan; a yuca press in the form of a tube of basketry hung from a hook and compressed by stretching the lower end with a pole, used for expressing prussic acid out of yuca pulp

Descendants

• → English: matapee, matapi

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 2, 315
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “matápi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 272; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 267