awanaichö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	awanaichö
Brazilian standard	awaanaichä
New Tribes	awaanaichä

Etymology

From awana (“bodypaint, protection”) +‎ -i +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [awaːnajt͡ʃə]

Verb

awanaichö

1. (transitive) to paint with awana bodypaint
2. (transitive) to grant protection to

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “awanaichö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “awaana'chädö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “wemānʔa”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021