Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV Yujudunña
Brazilian standard Yufuudunnha
New Tribes Yujuudunña
historical ad hoc Ihuruña

Etymology

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From ujudu (headwaters) +‎ -nña (at the place of).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɟuhʷuːɾ̠unɲa]

Adverb

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Yujudunña

  1. in the homeland of the Ye'kwana, the region stretching from the right bank of the upper Orinoco River to the lower reaches of the Ventuari and Caura Rivers

References

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  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Ihuruña”, 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, page 8:Ihuruña