Medadanña
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Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | Medadanña |
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Brazilian standard | Medaadannha |
New Tribes | Medaadanña |
historical ad hoc | Meraraña |
Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Esmeralda + -nña (“at the place of”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Medadanña
- in La Esmeralda, a town in Venezuela
- Synonym: Kadawanadunña
References
[edit]- 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 8: “Medadaña”
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Meraraña”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN