Ye'kwana

 

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Ye'kuana language

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• Ye'kuana, Yekuana, Yecuana, Yekuhana, Yequana

Borrowed from Ye'kwana ye'kwana.

Ye'kwana

1. A Cariban language of Venezuela and Brazil.

   Synonyms: Maquiritari, Maiongong

2. The northeastern dialect of this language, characterized by the presence of y where the De’kwana dialect has d.

Ye'kwana (plural Ye'kwana)

1. A speaker of Ye’kwana or member of a Ye’kwana-speaking tribe.

   Synonyms: Maquiritari, Maiongong

• Ethnologue entry for Ye'kwana, mch  ⁠

• Dhe'kwana, De'kwana (Cunucunuma River dialect)

• IPA^(key): [ɟeʔkʷana]

Ye'kwana

1. (Caura River dialect, Ye'kwana mythology) Synonym of Wanatu (“the first created Ye’kwana, made by Wanadi from the clay of Mount Dekuana”)

Ye'kwana

1. (Caura River dialect) Alternative form of ye'kwana (“Ye'kwana”)

• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 7–8