Wanasedume

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Wanasedume
Brazilian standard	Wanaaseduume
New Tribes	Wanaaseduume

Alternative forms

• Wanasedüme

Etymology

From a shortened variant of Wanadi +‎ Sedume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wanaːseɾ̠uːme]

Proper noun

Wanasedume

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) the first hypostasis (amode) of Wanadi that he sent to earth, who created the original people that became the animals, and from whose placenta Odo'sha was born before he retreated back to the sky

   Synonyms: Sedumeyanadi, Sedujiyanadi, Sedume

References

• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Seruhe Ianadi”, 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, pages 53–56
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 45–46, 49, 58–61, 118, 220, 226–228, 330, 426–427: “Wanaseduume, Wanaasedöme”