ökatomjö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ökatomjö
Brazilian standard	äkaatomjä
New Tribes	äcaatomjä
historical ad hoc	akatomha

Etymology

From ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”) +‎ -mjö (“former”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əkaːtomm̥ə]

Noun

ökatomjö

1. Synonym of ökatomjüdü (“ghost, ex-spirit”).

Derived terms

• öökatonka

 

References

• 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, page 51: “akatomha”
• 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, page 94: “äkaatomjä”
• 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, pages 207–209: “äcatonjä”