majaya
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | majaya |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | majaaya |
| New Tribes | majaaya |
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from the same origin as Spanish papaya, English papaya, Lokono papáia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]majaya (possessed majayai)
References
[edit]- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “maha:ya”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
- 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 31: “majaya”