Koyojinña

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV Koyojinña
Brazilian standard Koyoofinnha
New Tribes Coyoojinña

Etymology

Perhaps related to koijai (night), with a suffix -nña (at the place of).

Pronunciation

Adverb

Koyojinña

  1. (Ye'kwana mythology) in the underground and underwater world, inhabited by dangerous supernatural beings

References

  • 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, page 189:coyojiiña
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1985) “Medatia: A Makiritare Shaman’s Tale” in Guss, David M. (editor), The Language of the Birds: Tales, Texts, and Poems of Interspecies Communication, pages 63, 69