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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”) + -mjö (“former”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ökatomjö
- Synonym of ökatomjüdü (“ghost, ex-spirit”).
Derived terms
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 51: “akatomha”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 94: “äkaatomjä”
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 207–209: “äcatonjä”