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Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Noun
öjü (possessed öjü or ejü)
- body (of a person)
- stump, trunk (of a tree)
- main branch (of a cassava plant)
- midrib, main vein (of a leaf)
- main work
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “chööjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “chääjö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 215–216, 239: “äjö […] ajö […] chäjä”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 80, 82, 120: “äjö”