Yujudunña

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From ujudu (“headwaters”) +‎ -nña (“at the place of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟuhʷuːɾ̠unɲa]

Adverb

Yujudunña

1. in the homeland of the Ye'kwana, the region stretching from the right bank of the upper Orinoco River to the lower reaches of the Ventuari and Caura Rivers

References

• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Ihuruña”, 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, page 8: “Ihuruña”