minñaatö yadadü
Ye'kwana
editALIV | minñaatö yadadü |
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Brazilian standard | minnhaatä yadaadö |
New Tribes | minñaatä yadaadö |
Etymology
editFrom minñaatö (“Heteropsis vine”) + yada (“finger, frame”) + -dü (possessed suffix), thus ‘Heteropsis vine’s finger, Heteropsis vine’s frame’.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a Heteropsis (Araceae) spp. vine of greater sturdiness, used to make up the frame of the outside strips of a basket
References
edit- Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela[1], University of Florida, page 22: “minñatö yadadü”