minñaatö

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [minɲaːtə]

Noun

minñaatö

1. a vine, Heteropsis (Araceae) spp., used as the raw material for basketry and the main material for tying and lashing in general

Derived terms

• minñaatö yadadü
• minñaatö tukatojo

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “minñaatö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• 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, pages 74–75, 133, 148: “muñatta”
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 41: “miñaatö”
• Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela‎^[2], University of Florida