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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Likely from sooma (“to save, keep, reserve”) + -ajö (past participial nominalizer).
Pronunciation
Noun
sömajö
- territory temporarily closed off to hunting to allow animal populations to recover
References
- 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 38: “sömajö”