Ye'kwana jüüdü
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | Ye'kwana jüüdü |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | Ye'kwana föödö |
| New Tribes | Ye'cwana jöödö |
Alternative forms
[edit]- Dhe'kwana jüüdü, De'kwana jüüdü (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology
[edit]From ye'kwana (“Ye'kwana”) + jüü (“mountain”) + -dü (possessed suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (Caura River dialect) Mount Dekuana in the Parima Mountains, treated in legend as the origin place of the Ye'kwana
References
[edit]- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Dekuhana (Dekuana)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 190: “Ye’kwanajödö”