kajuwadödö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kajuwadödö
Brazilian standard	kajuuwadäädä
New Tribes	cajuuwadäädä

Etymology

From kaju (“sky”) +‎ wadödö (“toward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kahuːwaɾ̠əːɾ̠ə]

Noun

kajuwadödö

1. supports of the sky, horizon

References

• 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 189: “Cajuwadadö”