tʉyʉyʉco

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɨˈjɨjɨko/

Noun

tʉyʉyʉco f (plural tʉyʉyʉva)

1. frog (scientifically it is a frog, but the Cubeans consider it a toad; they do not eat it; very small; white; when the rivers rise it sings whistling and saying: tʉ́yʉyʉyʉ-tʉ́yʉyʉyʉ)

See also

• ãmajipobʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "tʉyʉyʉco", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN