religion other_names image_size nationality relatives parents spouse article_title name
christian dayumae 200px huaorani wawe -lrb- sister -rrb- nampa -lrb- brother -rrb- oba -lrb- sister -lrb- -rrb- wamoni -lrb- uncle -rrb- gikita -lrb- uncle -rrb- mincaye brother -lrb- cousin -rrb- -rrb- onaenga -lrb- sister -rrb- gimade caento -lrb- father -rrb- akawo -lrb- mother -rrb- komi dayuma
 dayuma
dayuma

dayuma -lrb- also dayumae -rrb- -lrb- born ca. 1930 , - march 1 , 2014 -rrb- was a member of the huaorani tribe and a citizen of ecuador .
she is a central figure in the operation auca saga , in that she was the first huao convert to christianity , as well as the missionaries ' key to unlocking the huaorani language , a language that had not been previously studied .
later dayuma also became an influential figure in her tribe .
