ayadi
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | ayadi |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ayaadi |
| New Tribes | ayaadi |
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayadi
- (Caura River dialect and Brazil) barbasco, any of several vines such as Lonchocarpus sericeus or Piscidia carthagenensis used as a poison for fishing
References
[edit]- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ayaadi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 218, 385: “[a:da:di] ~ [a:ða:di] 'fishing with poison (sp. barbasco)' […] a:da:di - to fish with poison”
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “barbasco (ayadi)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- 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 27: “ayadi”