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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From önu (“eye”) + aka (“at, in, on, to”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation
Noun
önu akano ökato (obligatorily possessed; possessed önudu akano ökato or enudu akano ökato)
- Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit, reflection in the eye”).
Usage notes
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 50: “ayenudu akano akato”
- 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 86: “ayenudu akano äkaato”