kodokodomadi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

Bolívar state	kodokodomadi
Brazil	kodookodoomadi

Etymology

From kodokodo +‎ madi (“capped heron”). For the first element, compare English corocoro, Spanish corocoro, Portuguese coro-coró; ultimately onomatopoeic, from the animal’s cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾ̠oːkoɾ̠oːmaɾ̠i]

Noun

kodokodomadi

1. the corocoro or green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis

References

• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “Kodokodomadi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎^[1] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, pages 106, 121
• Ye’kwana nonoodö: yawaadeejudinnha wenhä = Território Ye’kwana: a vida em Auaris‎^[2] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Portuguese), São Paulo: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental, 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 91