shiichu wamodetatojo

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV shiichu wamodetatojo
Brazilian standard shiichu wamoodetaatofo
New Tribes shiichu wamoodetaatojo

Etymology

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From shiichu (baby) +‎ w- (intransitive prefix) +‎ aamödeta (to transform) +‎ -tojo (instrumental nominalizer), thus ‘transformer of the baby’.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu wamoːɾ̠etaːtohʷo]

Noun

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shiichu wamodetatojo

  1. ovaries

References

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  • 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 194:shichu wamodetatojo