matapi
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
matapi (plural matapis)
- Alternative form of matapee
Kari'na[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
matapi (possessed matapiry)
- matapee, sebucan; a yuca press in the form of a tube of basketry hung from a hook and compressed by stretching the lower end with a pole, used for expressing prussic acid out of yuca pulp
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 2, 315
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “matápi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 272; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 267