wönwanö
Maquiritari
Etymology
From w- (intransitive prefix) + önwa (“to dance”) + -nö (infinitive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wəŋwanə]
Noun
wönwanö
- dance
- festival, celebration, especially the audaajö edemi'jüdü
Verb
wönwanö
- 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