ayahuasca

See also: Ayahuasca

English

Etymology

From Spanish ayahuasca, from Quechua ayawaska, from aya (“spirit, ancestor”) + waska (“vine”).

Noun

ayahuasca (usually uncountable, plural ayahuascas)

  1. A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
    • 2005, the Amazon forest people would take ayahuasca and enter into that place of Group Mind where they would make decisions for the tribe — Martin Torgoff, Can’t Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 414)
  2. Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
    Synonyms: Iowaska, yage, yaje

Translations

French

Noun

ayahuasca m (uncountable)

  1. ayahuasca

Portuguese

Noun

ayahuasca f (plural ayahuascas)

  1. ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine of South America)
    Synonym: iagê
  2. ayahuasca (psychoactive infusion made from the ayahuasca vine)
    Synonym: daime

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua ayawaska.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aʝaˈwaska/ [a.ʝaˈwas.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃaˈwaska/ [a.ʃaˈwas.ka]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒaˈwaska/ [a.ʒaˈwas.ka]

  • Rhymes: -aska
  • Syllabification: a‧ya‧huas‧ca

Noun

ayahuasca f (plural ayahuascas)

  1. ayahuasca
  2. a psychotropic concoction prepared from said vine

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: ayahuasca

Further reading
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