nonojo ajimadü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nonojo ajimadü
Brazilian standard nonoofo ajiimadö
New Tribes nonoojo ajiimadö

Etymology

From nono (“ground”) +‎ jo (“at”) +‎ ajima +‎ -dü.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nonoːhʷo ahiːmaɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

nonojo ajimadü

  1. a ceremonial chant performed as a baby learns to walk

References

  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 230: “nonoojo ajiimadö”
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