wanadi

See also: Wanadi

Maquiritari

Etymology

Named after the culture hero/demiurge Wanadi, as the bird is seen as one of his doubles (ökato).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [wanaːɾ̠i]

Noun

wanadi

  1. one of several kinds of woodpecker:
    1. the lineated woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus
    2. the crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

References
  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “wanaadi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela] (in Maquiritari and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 124
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “wana:di”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980), “wanadi tonoro”, in ,  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
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