Yujudunña
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | Yujudunña |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | Yufuudunnha |
| New Tribes | Yujuudunña |
| historical ad hoc | Ihuruña |
Etymology
From y- (third-person possessed prefix) + ujudu (“headwaters”) + -nña (“at the place of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɟuhʷuːɾ̠unɲa]
Adverb
Yujudunña
- in the homeland of the Ye'kwana, the region stretching from the right bank of the upper Orinoco River to the lower reaches of the Ventuari and Caura Rivers
References
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Ihuruña”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- 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 8: “Ihuruña”