awanaichö

Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
ALIV awanaichö
Brazilian standard awaanaichä
New Tribes awaanaichä

Etymology

From awana (“bodypaint, protection”) +‎ -i +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [awaːnajt͡ʃə]

Verb

awanaichö

  1. (transitive) to paint with awana bodypaint
  2. (transitive) to grant protection to

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “awanaichö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “awaana'chädö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “wemānʔa”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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