yedü aküdü
Ye'kwana
editALIV | yedü aküdü |
---|---|
Brazilian standard | yedö aköödö |
New Tribes | yedö acöödö |
Alternative forms
edit- dhedü aküdü, dedü aküdü (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology
editFrom yedü (“tooth”) + akü (“a kind of worm or snake”) + -dü (possessed suffix), thus literally ‘worm of the tooth’.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (Caura River dialect) a kind of caterpillar or small worm said to inhabit fruit and cause ritual pollution within it
References
edit- 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 180: “yeedö aköödö”