shii awono ökato
Ye'kwana
editALIV | shii awono ökato |
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Brazilian standard | shii awoono äkaato |
New Tribes | shii awoono äcaato |
historical ad hoc | shi awono akato |
Etymology
editFrom shii (“sun”) + awö (“at, in, on”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- Synonym of shii ekato (“sun spirit, shadow cast by the sun”).
References
edit- 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, pages 50–51: “shi awono akato”
- 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, page 207: “shi awano äcato”