sömajö

Ye'kwana

FWOTD – 28 June 2023

Variant orthographies

ALIV	sömajö
Brazilian standard	sämaajä
New Tribes	sämaajä

Alternative forms

• somajö

Etymology

Likely from sooma (“to save, keep, reserve”) +‎ -ajö (past participial nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səmaːhə]

Noun

sömajö

1. territory temporarily closed off to hunting to allow animal populations to recover

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 38: “sömajö”