aji'choto weja'kadü

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

From aji'choto (“girl in seclusion after menarche”) +‎ w- (intransitive marker) +‎ eja'ka (“to come out”) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer), thus literally ‘the coming out of the girl in seclusion’.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ahiʔt͡ʃoto wehaʔkaɾ̠ɨ]

Noun edit

aji'choto weja'kadü

coming-of-age ritual for girls performed after menarche, intended to protect them from Odo'sha in a dangerous time and introduce them to adulthood

References edit

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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 236–241
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 154