sejje

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	sejje
Brazilian standard	sejje
New Tribes	sejje

Alternative forms

• seje

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sehhe]

Noun

sejje (possessed sejjedü)

1. intelligence, wisdom
2. Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit”)

Derived terms

• Wana sejjedü

 

References

• 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, pages 86–87: “sejje”
• 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, page 247: “sejee”