Ye'kwana

• Ye'kuana, Yekuana, Yecuana, Yekuhana, Yequana

Borrowed from Maquiritari ye'kwana.

Ye'kwana

1. Synonym of Maquiritari (“A Cariban language of Venezuela”).
2. The northeastern dialect of this language, characterized by the presence of y where the De’kwana dialect has d.

Ye'kwana (plural Ye'kwana)

1. Synonym of Maquiritari (“A speaker of this language or member of a tribe that speaks it”).

• (De'kwana) De'kwana

• IPA^(key): [ɟeʔkʷana]

Ye'kwana

1. (Ye'kwana dialect, Maquiritari mythology) Synonym of Wanatu (“the first created Maquiritari, made by Wanadi from the clay of Mount Dekuana”)

Ye'kwana

1. (Ye'kwana dialect) Alternative form of ye'kwana (“Maquiritari”)

• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 7–8