kajichaana

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kajichaana
Brazilian standard	kajiichaana
New Tribes	cajiichaana
historical ad hoc	kahitana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capitán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kahiːt͡ʃaːna]

Noun

kajichaana (possessed kajichaanai)

1. cacique, chief or head of a community

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kajichaana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 392: “i-kahicha:nay' > *kyahicha:nay' > chahicha:nay' 'his chief, capitan^[sic]' […] kahichana -kahicha:na -i 'leader (>Sp)' […] kahicha:na - captain”
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kahitana”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 28, 48: “kajiichana”