kiyede weja'kadü

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV kiyede weja'kadü
Brazilian standard kiyeede weja'kadö
New Tribes quiyeede weja'cadö
historical ad hoc guiede hiyacadi

Etymology

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From kiyede (yuca) +‎ w- (intransitive marker) +‎ eja'ka (to come out) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer), thus literally ‘the coming out of the yuca’.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kijeːɾ̠e wehaʔkaɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

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kiyede weja'kadü

  1. public ceremonial chant (ödemi) sung by women during the audaajö edemi'jüdü festival while removing the yuca stored in the village roundhouse for future planting in their gardens

References

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  • 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 36–38:guiede hiyacadi