akudi

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Ultimately from the same source as Old Tupi akuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akuːɾ̠i]

Noun

akudi

1. agouti, specifically the red-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta leporina

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “akudi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “akudi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎^[2] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 126
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “agouti (akudi)”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN