Madawaka

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV Madawaka
Brazilian standard Madaawaka
New Tribes Madaawaca

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Madawaka

  1. Cerro Marahuaca
  2. (Ye'kwana mythology) a vast tree, the origin of all food and vegetation, that was felled long ago, leaving behind Cerro Marahuaca as a stump

References[edit]

  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 112, 115, 157, 166, 203, 302, 345, 426:Madaawaka
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 256–258:Madawacä