ada'wai

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ada'wai
Brazilian standard ada'wai
New Tribes ada'wai

Pronunciation

Noun

ada'wai

  1. the tapeti, Sylvilagus brasiliensis (or perhaps Sylvilagus parentum, as the species were recently split)

References

  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “ada'wai, adawai”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, pages 111, 125
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ada'wai”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI