minñaatö tukatojo

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From minñaatö (“Heteropsis vine”) +‎ tuka +‎ -tojo (instrumental nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [minɲaːtə tukaːtohʷo]

Noun

minñaatö tukatojo

1. a Heteropsis (Araceae) spp. vine of lesser sturdiness, used to complete the outside of a basket and form its design

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^[1], University of Florida, page 22: “minñatö tukatojo”