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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish capitán.
Pronunciation
Noun
kajichaana (possessed kajichaanai)
- cacique, chief or head of a community
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kajichaana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 392: “i-kahicha:nay' > *kyahicha:nay' > chahicha:nay' 'his chief, capitan' […] kahichana -kahicha:na -i 'leader (>Sp)' […] kahicha:na - captain”
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kahitana”, 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, pages 28, 48: “kajiichana”