yawari

Yanomamö

Etymology

Perhaps compare Ye'kwana mawadi (“malevolent water spirit”) and its Cariban cognates Kari'na imaware (“bush spirit”), Akawaio mawari (“evil spirit”), Pemon imawari (“nature spirit”).

Noun

yawari

1. a supernatural people who live underwater

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎^[1] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN