jayena

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jayena
Brazilian standard fayeena
New Tribes jayeena

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ballena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʷajeːna]

Noun

jayena

  1. whale

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jayena”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon