dedü aküdü
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Ye'kwana[edit]
| ALIV | dedü aküdü |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | dedö aköödö |
| New Tribes | dedö acöödö |
Alternative forms[edit]
- yedü aküdü (Caura River dialect)
Etymology[edit]
From dedü (“tooth”) + akü (“a kind of worm or snake”) + -dü (possessed suffix), thus literally ‘worm of the tooth’.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (Cunucunuma 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”