kajichaana

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capitán.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kahiːt͡ʃaːna]

Noun

kajichaana (possessed kajichaanai)

  1. cacique, chief or head of a community

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kajichaana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kahitana”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • 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, pages 28, 48: “kajiichana”
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