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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Yao (South America) peeiai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.
Pronunciation
Noun
jüwai
- shaman
- Synonym: (in ritual chants) wai
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “juwai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 87, 442
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hü:wai”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “huhai”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 48: “ju’wai”