n.
Pronunciation: ˌ yä-n ō - ' mä-m ē
Variant: also Ya · no · ma · mo \ -m ō \ or Ya · no · ma · ma \ -m ə \
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Yanomami also Yanomamis or Yanomamo or Yanomama
Etymology: Yanomam ɨ (language of the western Yanomami) yanomam ɨ , a self-designation
Date: 1967
1 : an indigenous people inhabiting the rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil also : a member of the Yanomami people
2 : the family of four closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami