jayena

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jayena
Brazilian standard fayeena
New Tribes jayeena

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ballena.

Pronunciation

Noun

jayena

  1. whale

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jayena”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon