matapi

English

Noun

matapi (plural matapis)

  1. Alternative form of matapee

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió matapi.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [mataːpi]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [madaʔpi]

Noun

matapi (possessed matapiry)

  1. matapee, sebucan; a yuca press in the form of a tube of basketry hung from a hook and compressed by stretching the lower end with a pole, used for expressing prussic acid out of yuca pulp

Descendants
  • → English: matapee, matapi

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 2, 315
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “matápi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 272; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 267
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