shiichu ewüttü

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Ye'kwana[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu ewɨttɨ]

Noun[edit]

shiichu ewüttü

  1. womb, uterus

References[edit]

  • 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