shiichu ewüttü
Maquiritari
Etymology
From shiichu (“baby”) + ewüttü (possessed form of öwattö (“home, vessel”)), thus ‘vessel of the baby’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu ewɨttɨ]
Noun
shiichu ewüttü
- womb, uterus
References
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 194
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 183