kanaimö
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Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | kanaimö |
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Brazilian standard | kanaimä |
New Tribes | canaimä |
Etymology
[edit]Either inherited from Proto-Cariban or a South American Wanderwort; compare Kari'na kanaimo, Pemon kanaimö, and, ultimately from the same source, English kanaima.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kanaimö
- person turned into a monstrous or animal form and seized with a murderous rage
- the practices, mode of killing, magic, etc. used by such a person
Usage notes
[edit]Opinions among speakers differ as to exactly what form a kanaimö takes, whether a person invokes it or transforms into it, and other details.
References
[edit]- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “kanaimö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kanaima”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 3, 223: “kanaima”