chooda

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV chooda
Brazilian standard chooda
New Tribes chooda

Etymology

Borrowed from Venezuelan Spanish chola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃoːɾ̠a]

Noun

chooda

  1. a kind of loricariid or auchenipterid catfish, the ‘chola’ fish, variously identified as Ageneiosus sp., Rineloricaria caracasensis, or Rineloricaria formosa
    Synonyms: majajaase, kütto

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “chooda”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
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