wönwanö

Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
Bolívar state wönwanö
Brazil wänwanä
historical ad hoc wanwanna

Etymology

From w- (intransitive prefix) +‎ önwa (“to dance”) +‎ -nö (infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [wəŋwanə]

Noun

wönwanö

  1. dance
  2. festival, celebration, especially the audaajö edemi'jüdü

Verb

wönwanö

  1. 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
  • 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
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