See also: ą́wąną

Chamicuro edit

Noun edit

awana

  1. mouth

Quechua edit

Etymology edit

From away (to weave) +‎ -na (future participle).

Noun edit

awana

  1. loom
  2. tissue

Declension edit

Ye'kwana edit

Variant orthographies
ALIV awana
Brazilian standard awaana
New Tribes awaana

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

awana

  1. protection, protective substance
    1. bodypaint
    2. the priprioca sedge, Cyperus articulatus

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “awana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “äwaana”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “wānai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[4], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 227:awana
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[5], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 209:awaana