tünküi'chö

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tünküi'chö
Brazilian standard tönköi'chä
New Tribes töncöi'chä

Etymology

From tünküi (yuca press) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

tünküi'chö

  1. small press in the form of a tube of basketry for squeezing oil or poison from plant products

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 110