Wanasedu
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | Wanasedu |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | Wanaasedu |
| New Tribes | Wanaasedu |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Wana sejjedü, Wanasedume, and the etymology notes at Sedume.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Wanasedu
- (Ye'kwana mythology) the original Wanadi who resides permanently in the sky and occasionally sends down his hypostases (amode) to earth
- One of a small number of temporary names given to a baby boy at birth until a true name can be determined
References
[edit]- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 222: “Wanasedu”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 45, 55–58, 109, 118, 144, 173: “Wanasedu […] Wanaasedö […] Wanaasedu”