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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From w- (intransitive prefix) + önwa (“to dance”) + -nö (infinitive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
wönwanö
- dance
- festival, celebration, especially the audaajö edemi'jüdü
Verb
wönwanö
- infinitive of önwa
References
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “wanwanna”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191: “wanwanna”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 59: “wänwanä”