Kajunña

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Kajunña
Brazilian standard	Kajunnha
New Tribes	Cajunña
historical ad hoc	Kahuña

Etymology

From kaju (“sky”) +‎ -nña (“at the place of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kahunɲa]

Adverb

Kajunña

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) in the mythological Sky or Heaven, an invisible sky beyond the visible sky where Wanadi lives, divided into eight houses or villages and visited by shamans on their initiatory journey

References

• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kahuña”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN