Komashi

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV Komashi
Brazilian standard Komaashi
New Tribes Comaashi

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Komashi

  1. (Ye'kwana mythology) a culture hero, the first human to be taught by Wanadi to wear beads as a form of magical protection

References[edit]

  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 228:Comashi