önu akano ökato

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	önu akano ökato
Brazilian standard	änu akaano äkaato
New Tribes	änu acaano äcaato

Etymology

From önu (“eye”) +‎ aka (“at, in, on, to”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ənu akaːno əkaːto]

Noun

önu akano ökato (obligatorily possessed; possessed önudu akano ökato or enudu akano ökato)

1. Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit, reflection in the eye”).

Usage notes

• This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayenudu akano ökato (Caura River) or adenudu akano ökato (Cunucunuma River).

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 50: “ayenudu akano 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, page 86: “ayenudu akano äkaato”