nonojo ajimadü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	nonojo ajimadü
Brazilian standard	nonoofo ajiimadö
New Tribes	nonoojo ajiimadö

Etymology

From nono (“ground”) +‎ jo (“at”) +‎ ajima +‎ -dü.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nonoːhʷo ahiːmaɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

nonojo ajimadü

1. a ceremonial chant performed as a baby learns to walk

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 230: “nonoojo ajiimadö”