jañudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jañudu
Brazilian standard	fanhuudu
New Tribes	jañuudu
historical ad hoc	Fañuru

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish español, via an intermediary such as Kari'na sipanijoro or Pemon españoro, sipañoro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaɲuːɾ̠u]

Noun

jañudu

1. a Spanish-speaker, sometimes in particular a malevolent settler or slaver in contrast with the potentially more benevolent yadanawi

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jañudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Fañuru”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN: “fañuru: A race of evil white men created by Wanadi and led astray by Odosha; the word Fañuru derives from the Carib Pañoro which in turn derives from Español, or ‘Spanish’.”