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Iwi Tũkũ Puiki Raweya/Palo nudo que tiene dos potos/The Gnarled Tree with Two Butts

  • Item identifier: 2018-33.013
  • Date: 13 Aug 2013
  • Contributors: María Ramírez Ríos (consultant); Kelsey Neely (researcher, donor)
  • Language: Yaminawa (yaa)
  • Place: Sepahua, Sepahua, Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
  • Description: One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Iwi Tũkũ Puiki Raweya, the Gnarled Tree with Two Butts. This tree is known for going around killing people, until a village uses wit and deception to tie him up and kill him. The story does not explain why he has two butts. This traditional narrative was volunteered by the speaker and performed extemporaneously.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: Iwi Tũkũ Puiki Raweya/Palo nudo que tiene dos potos/The Gnarled Tree with Two Butts, 2018-33.013, in "Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26499.

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