aji'choto

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aji'choto
Brazilian standard	aji'choto
New Tribes	aji'choto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ahiʔt͡ʃoto]

Noun

aji'choto

1. girl staying in seclusion after undergoing menarche

Derived terms

• aji'choto ajimadü
• aji'choto cho'kwadü
• aji'choto weja'kadü
• aji'choto'jato

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aji'choto”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 237: “ajiechoto”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[3], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 204: “aji'choto”