adhawa

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV adhawa
Brazilian standard adhaawa
New Tribes adhaawa

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adhawa

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect and Brazil) Alternative form of ayawa (a tree, Protium heptaphyllum, from which a sticky transparent liquid is extracted; a torch, a light, typically made from this liquid wrapped in Oenocarpus bataua leaves; the bodypaint made from this liquid; bodypaint in general)