sömajö

Ye'kwana

FWOTD – 28 June 2023
Variant orthographies
ALIV sömajö
Brazilian standard sämaajä
New Tribes sämaajä

Alternative forms

  • somajö

Etymology

Likely from sooma (“to save, keep, reserve”) +‎ -ajö (past participial nominalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səmaːhə]

Noun

sömajö

  1. territory temporarily closed off to hunting to allow animal populations to recover

References

  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 38: “sömajö”
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