Ye'kwana

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wedama

  1. one of several kinds of swallow:
    1. the white-winged swallow, Tachycineta albiventer
    2. the black-collared swallow, Atticora melanoleuca

References

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  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “wedaama”, 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
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “wedama”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN, page 124