adhawa

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV adhawa
Brazilian standard adhaawa
New Tribes adhaawa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðaːwa]

Noun

adhawa

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect and Brazil) alternative form of ayawa (a tree, Protium heptaphyllum, from which a sticky transparent liquid is extracted; a torch, a light, typically made from this liquid wrapped in Oenocarpus bataua leaves; the bodypaint made from this liquid; bodypaint in general)