shiichu ewüttü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	shiichu ewüttü
Brazilian standard	shiichu ewöttö
New Tribes	shiichu ewöttö

Etymology

From shiichu (“baby”) +‎ ewüttü (possessed form of öwattö (“home, vessel”)), thus ‘vessel of the baby’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu ewɨttɨ]

Noun

shiichu ewüttü

1. womb, uterus

References

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 194: “shichu ewötö”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 183: “shiichu ewötö”