Komashi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Komashi
Brazilian standard	Komaashi
New Tribes	Comaashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komaːʃi]

Proper noun

Komashi

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) a culture hero, the first human to be taught by Wanadi to wear beads as a form of magical protection

References

• 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 228: “Comashi”