minñaatö yadadü

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From minñaatö (“Heteropsis vine”) +‎ yada (“finger, frame”) +‎ -dü (possessed suffix), thus ‘Heteropsis vine’s finger, Heteropsis vine’s frame’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [minɲaːtə ɟaɾ̠aːɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

minñaatö yadadü

  1. a Heteropsis (Araceae) spp. vine of greater sturdiness, used to make up the frame of the outside strips of a basket

References
  • Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela‎, University of Florida, page 22
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