See also: Wanadi

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV wanadi
Brazilian standard wanaadi
New Tribes wanaadi

Etymology

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Perhaps named after the culture hero/demiurge Wanadi, as the bird is seen as one of his doubles (ökato), unless the culture hero is himself named after the bird. Compare Tariana wanari (anhinga; epithet of God), Marawá Baré wanari (anhinga), Barasana wanari (anhinga), Guanano Wanari (ancestral culture hero of the Guanano). For the connection between a mythological creator and a woodpecker, also compare Baniwa kówhee, Yucuna kuwajé.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wanadi

  1. one of several kinds of woodpecker:
    1. the lineated woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus
    2. the crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

References

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  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “wanaadi”, 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, page 124
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wana:di”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “wanadi tonoro”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN