wo'mo ansai

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From wo'mo (“necklace”) +‎ ansai (possessed form of ansa (“necklace”)), thus literally ‘ansa-necklace of the wo’mo necklace’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [βoʔmo ansaj]

Noun

wo'mo ansai

  1. a kind of traditional necklace

References
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