tuna awono ökato
Ye'kwana edit
Etymology edit
From tuna (“water”) + awö (“at, in, on”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- reflection seen in the water
- Synonym: na'kwaka ökato
- one of the several doubles or spirits (ökato) possessed by each person, namely the one said to reside in the water, to be malevolent, to serve as an extension of the water goddess Wiyu, and to return to the water at death
- Synonym: na'kwaka ökato
References edit
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