tünküi dedü

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms
  • tünküi dedü (Caura River)

Etymology

From tünküi (“yuca press”) +‎ dedü (“tooth”), thus literally ‘teeth of the yuca press’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɨŋkɨj deɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

tünküi dedü

  1. (Cunucunuma 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
  • 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, page 29–30
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