yadanawi
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Ye'kwana[edit]
Bolívar state | yadanawi |
---|---|
Brazil | yadaanawi |
historical ad hoc | Iaranavi |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Puinave [Term?].[1] Compare Baniwa yalanawinai, Carijona yaranai (“Brazilian”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yadanawi
- A non-indigenous person, Creole, sometimes in particular a benevolent Spanish-speaking settler in contrast with the malevolent jañudu.
- 2008, speaker ‘Anl’ from Boca de Piña (ConvChur.016), recorded in Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, page 144:
- Unwa kowontaato yadanawiuwö yeichü.
- She defends us there (in the city) from the way of being of the non-natives.
- 2008, speaker ‘Anl’ from Boca de Piña (ConvChur.016), recorded in Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, page 144: