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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tikô. Compare Kari'na siko, Trió sikë, Wayana sikë, Apalaí siko, Waiwai sïko, Akawaio sikö, Pemon sikö, Macushi sikî, Sranan Tongo sika.[1] Likely English chigoe, chigger, jigger are ultimately from the same source.
Pronunciation
Noun
sichö
- the chigoe flea or jigger, Tunga penetrans
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sichö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “niguas (sicha)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- ^ Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, page 368.