akudi

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV akudi
Brazilian standard akuudi
New Tribes acuudi

Etymology

Ultimately from the same source as Old Tupi akuti.

Pronunciation

Noun

akudi

  1. agouti, specifically the red-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta leporina

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “akudi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “akuudi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “akudi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 126
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “agouti (akudi)”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN