shiichu wamodetatojo
Maquiritari
Etymology
From shiichu (“baby”) + w- (intransitive prefix) + aamödeta (“to transform”) + -tojo (instrumental nominalizer), thus ‘transformer of the baby’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃiːt͡ʃu wamoɾ̠etatohʷo]
Noun
shiichu wamodetatojo
- ovaries
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