Cubeo

cubeo English Cubeo language Proper noun The Tucanoan language spoken by the Cubeo people. Noun s * A member of the ethnic group(s) in Vaupés Department, Colombia which traditionally speak(s) this language. en 1979 Irving Goldman The Cubeo Indians of the Northwest Amazon University of Illinois Press 9780252007705 39 The Cubeo are largely an indoor people. Children play outside and there are occasions when the older men sit on the plaza in the shade of the house. But in the main, adults spend their leisure time indoors, en 1980 Ethnologische Zeitschrift Zürich The Cubeos are Tucano speaking groups, who lack a tribal identification. The community , as a basic unit, is formed by a patrilocal and patrilineal exogamic sib. These sibs do not necessarily have the same ethno-linguistic en 1993-02-02 Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. America in 1492: The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus Vintage 9780679743378 208 the Cubeos are distinctive because they have maintained an elaborate mourning ritual designed to dismiss the souls of deceased community members. See also cub en Languages