majaya

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Ultimately from the same origin as Spanish papaya, English papaya, Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mahaːja]

Noun

majaya (possessed majayai)

1. papaya, Carica papaya

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “maha:ya”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 31: “majaya”