Kokama

kokama English Proper noun en Cocama. en Comparative Arawakan Histories Jonathan David Hill; Fernando Santos-Granero 2006 0252073843 Therefore, the Kokama languages, including Kokama, Kokamilla, Omagua, and probably others, would be representatives of the riverine Arawaks who controlled much of the Amazon main branch. en The Indigenous Languages of South America Lyle Campbell; Verónica Grondona 2012 311025803X According to Cabral (1995), the origin of Kokama must go back to the late pre-Columbian periuod, when a group of Tupinambá speakers migrated in the late 15th century from the Atlantic coast inland to the upper Amazon, and came in contact with speakers of one or more other languages, possibly Arawakan. en Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America Gale Goodwin Gómez; Hein van der Voort 2014 278 9004272410 Generally, stress in isolated words of two and more syllables is on the last syllable in the Tupi and Tupi-Guarani languages discussed here, with the exception of Chiriguano, Siriono, Yuki, Ava/-Canoeiro, and Kokama, where it is on the penultimate syllable. Noun s Kocama en Cocama. en Minidoka James Minoru Sakoda 1949 354 The Kokamas looked disturbed when they arrived in Shoshone. en The Tukuna - Volumes 45-46 Curt Nimuendajú 1952 9 Simultaneously, the Kokama Indians of the lower Ucayali region began to emigrate to the Brazilian Solim5es, where they established themselves among the Tukuna, though in separate localities. en The Indigenous World 2006 Sille Stidsen 2006 194 8791563186 Espírito Santo (Amazonas state), with an area of 33,849 has. for a population of 121 inhabitants, permanently occupied by the Kokama people. en Good Practices on Indigenous Peoples' Development 2006 160 971935660X Influencing other ethnic groups and beyond The Ticuna project has already expanded to include teachers from two other ethnic groups, Kokama and Kaixana.