awana

See also: ą́wąną

Chamicuro

Noun

awana

  1. mouth

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [awaːna]

Noun

awana

  1. protection, protective substance
    1. bodypaint
    2. the priprioca sedge, Cyperus articulatus

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), awana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007), wānai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • 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 227
  • 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 209

Quechua

Etymology

From away (to weave) + -na (future participle).

Noun

awana

  1. loom
  2. tissue

Declension

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