konojawö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	konojawö
Brazilian standard	konoofawä
New Tribes	conoojawä

Etymology

Presumably from konojo (“rain”) +‎ awö (“at, in, on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konoːhʷawə]

Noun

konojawö

1. the rainy season, roughly June to August, when cashews are gathered and significant trips and meetings are carried out

See also

Seasons in Ye'kwana(layout · text)
weyu, wedu (“summer”)	chukwamedawö (“start of winter”)	konojawö (“rainy season”)	dadiweyudu (“short summer”)	yatamedawö (“end of the year”)

References

• 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, page 28: “konojawö”