wönwanö
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Ye'kwana[edit]
| ALIV | wönwanö |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | wänwanä |
| New Tribes | wänwanä |
| historical ad hoc | wanwanna |
Etymology[edit]
From w- (intransitive prefix) + önwa (“to dance”) + -nö (infinitive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wönwanö
- dance
- festival, celebration, especially the audaajö edemi'jüdü
Verb[edit]
wönwanö
- infinitive of önwa
References[edit]
- 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[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191: “wanwanna”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 59: “wänwanä”