kodokodomadi

Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
Bolívar state kodokodomadi
Brazil kodookodoomadi

Etymology

From kodokodo +‎ madi (“capped heron”). For the first element, compare English corocoro, Spanish corocoro, Portuguese coro-coró; ultimately onomatopoeic, from the animal’s cry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [koɾ̠oːkoɾ̠oːmaɾ̠i]

Noun

kodokodomadi

  1. the corocoro or green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis

References
  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “Kodokodomadi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela] (in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 106, 121
  • Ye’kwana nonoodö: yawaadeejudinnha wenhä = Território Ye’kwana: a vida em Auaris‎ (in Ye'kwana and Portuguese), São Paulo: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental, 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 91
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