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.
  2. Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
    Synonyms: Iowaska, yage
    • 2004, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 414:
      As the Amazon forest people would take ayahuasca and enter into that place of Group Mind where they would make decisions for the tribe, the psychedelic shamanic acts that McKenna was promulgating would involve the experience of ecstasy and the contemplation of wholeness.

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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