shiichu ewüttü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV shiichu ewüttü
Brazilian standard shiichu ewöttö
New Tribes shiichu ewöttö

Etymology

From shiichu (“baby”) +‎ ewüttü (possessed form of öwattö (“home, vessel”)), thus ‘vessel of the baby’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu ewɨttɨ]

Noun

shiichu ewüttü

  1. womb, uterus

References

  • 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 ewötö”
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 183: “shiichu ewötö”
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