ye'kwana

Etymology
Traditionally interpreted to mean ‘canoe people’ or ‘water log people’, from or similar components; however, in the modern language aquatic postpositions of the  series can only be used with bodies of water, and folk etymology may be at issue. Gongora (2017) additionally denies that a suffix exists in Ye'kwana, though it is found in related languages and de Civrieux explicitly claims to the contrary that such a suffix does exist. Alternatively, the term may be derived from the proper name occurring in Ye’kwana mythology. Monterrey (2012) additionally notes that some older Ye’kwana claim the term to mean people ‘of the Amazon River dolphin’, the ordinary name for which is, however,.

Noun

 * 1)  a Ye'kwana, a Maquiritari, a speaker of Ye'kwana or member of a Ye'kwana-speaking tribe