wayamu

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV wayamu
Brazilian standard wayaamu
New Tribes wayaamu
historical ad hoc waiamo

Pronunciation

Noun

wayamu

  1. the yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulatus
  2. the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonarius

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wayamu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “waya:mu”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “waiamo”, 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 36:wayamu