jañudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jañudu
Brazilian standard	fanhuudu
New Tribes	jañuudu
historical ad hoc	Fañuru

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish español, via an intermediary such as Kari'na sipanijoro or Pemon españoro, sipañoro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaɲuːɾ̠u]

Noun

jañudu

1. A Spanish-speaker, sometimes in particular a malevolent settler or slaver in contrast with the more benevolent yadanawi.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jañudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Fañuru”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN