wayamu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wayamu
Brazilian standard	wayaamu
New Tribes	wayaamu
historical ad hoc	waiamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wajaːmu]

Noun

wayamu

1. the yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulatus
2. the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonarius

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wayamu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “waya:mu”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “waiamo”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
• 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 36: “wayamu”