ayadi
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ajaːɾ̠i]
Noun
ayadi
- barbasco, any of several vines such as Lonchocarpus sericeus or Piscidia carthagenensis used as a poison for fishing
References
- 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