wo'mo ansai
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | wo'mo ansai |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | wo'mo ansai |
| New Tribes | wo'mo ansai |
Etymology
From wo'mo (“necklace”) + ansai (possessed form of ansa (“necklace”)), thus literally ‘ansa-necklace of the wo’mo necklace’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [βoʔmo ansaj]
Noun
- a kind of traditional necklace
References
- 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 46: “womo ansai”