shii ekato
Ye'kwana edit
| ALIV | shii ekato |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | shii ekaato |
| New Tribes | shii ecaato |
Etymology edit
From shii (“sun”) + ekato (front-grade possessed form of ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- shadow cast by the sun
- Synonym: shii awono ökato
- one of the several doubles or spirits (ökato) possessed by each person, namely the one said to have its home in the sun, to be somewhat benevolent, to oppose the nuunö ekato, and to return to the sun at death
- Synonym: shii awono ökato
References edit
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 50–51: “shi awono akato”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 92–93: “shii äkaato”
- 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 207: “shi awano äcato”