English
matapee
Matapee comes from Kari'na matapi ‘matapee, sebucan’.
- Kari'namodernmatapi‘matapee, sebucan’
- Englishtodaymatapee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Kari'namodernmatapi‘matapee, sebucan’
- Englishtodaymatapee
Every English word from Kari'na matapi
Today it means
noun A yuca strainer or press (sebucan) 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kari'na matapi / matapee