Kaweshawa

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Kaweshawa
Brazilian standard	Kaweeshawa
New Tribes	Caweeshawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaweːʃawa]

Proper noun

Kaweshawa

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) The daughter of the master of fish who became Wanadi’s wife
2. One of a small number of temporary names given to a baby girl at birth until a true name can be determined

References

• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Kaweshawa”, 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, pages 56, 116
• 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, pages 203, 222, 245: “Cuwashewa [sic] […] Caweshawa”
• 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 109: “Kaweshawa”