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Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Noun
wayamu
- the yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulatus
- 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”