aji'choto weja'kadü
Ye'kwana
editALIV | aji'choto weja'kadü |
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Brazilian standard | aji'choto weja'kadö |
New Tribes | aji'choto weja'cadö |
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
edit- 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- 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: “ajiechoto ijacadö”
- 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: “aji'choto weja'kadö”