tünküi yedü
Ye'kwana edit
ALIV | tünküi yedü |
---|---|
Brazilian standard | tönköi yedö |
New Tribes | töncöi yedö |
historical ad hoc | tingkuiyedi |
Alternative forms edit
- tünküi dedü (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology edit
From tünküi (“yuca press”) + yedü (“tooth”), thus literally ‘teeth of the yuca press’.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (Caura River dialect) elaborately constructed framework of poles with notches from which a yuca press (tünküi) is hung and stretched to press out prussic acid from yuca pulp
References edit
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 29–30: “tingkuiyedi”