Yudeke

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Yudeke
Brazilian standard	Yudeeke
New Tribes	Yudeeque
historical ad hoc	Iureke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟuɾ̠eːke]

Proper noun

Yudeke

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) the younger and more cunning of the two Hero Twins (the elder being Sichömüna), sons of the murdered water serpent Wiyu who serve as trickster figures and eventually cause a worldwide flood to avenge their mother’s death

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 376 et seq.
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Iureke”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN