anitáaki sirúuku leader of White-lipped Peccary herd

Part of Speech	noun
Root	anitáaki sirúuku
Semantics Note	Speakers easily identify <sirúuku> in this compound as meaning ‘one who fishes with ‘barbasco’’, but they do not accept this as an independent word

• • leader of White-lipped Peccary herd

Related entries

• Main Entry:
  • siinakíriisi² the individual animal, according to Iquito oral tradition, that leads a given herd of <anitáaki> (White-lipped Peccaries) in its movements through the forest. It is believed that this individual is small in comparison to the rest of the herd, despite its leadership role
• Subentry:
  • anitáaki ‘huangana’, the larger of the two peccary species, superficially similar to a wild pig. The <anitáaki> was traditionally a very important game animal
  • sirúuni fish with fish poison, typically <nuúruu> (‘barbasco’)