minñaatö

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [minɲaːtə]

Noun

minñaatö

  1. a vine, Heteropsis (Araceae) spp., used as the raw material for basketry and the main material for tying and lashing in general

Derived terms

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “minñaatö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • 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 74–75, 133, 148
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 41
  • Carlsson, Erica (2012) Understanding Influences on Harvesting Species of the Genus Heteropsis and Basket Production by Indigenous Ye’kwana of the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela‎, University of Florida
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