ayadi

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV ayadi
Brazilian standard ayaadi
New Tribes ayaadi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ayadi

  1. barbasco, any of several vines such as Lonchocarpus sericeus or Piscidia carthagenensis used as a poison for fishing

References[edit]

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ayaadi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “barbasco (ayadi)”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • 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, page 27:ayadi