wönwanö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wönwanö
Brazilian standard	wänwanä
New Tribes	wänwanä
historical ad hoc	wanwanna

Etymology

From w- (intransitive prefix) +‎ önwa (“to dance”) +‎ -nö (infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wəŋwanə]

Noun

wönwanö

1. dance
2. festival, celebration, especially the audaajö edemi'jüdü

Verb

wönwanö

1. infinitive of önwa

References

• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “wanwanna”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191: “wanwanna”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 59: “wänwanä”