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Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
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Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *ijoroko (“evil spirit”) suffixed or compounded with an element that surfaces as -sha; compare Apalaí joroko, Kari'na ijoròkan, Trió joroko, Wayana jolok, Pemon iworok, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono jaloko, Sranan Tongo yorka.
Pronunciation
Noun
Odo'sha
- evil, malignant, or negative force
Proper noun
Odo'sha
- (Ye'kwana mythology) The evil twin brother of Wanadi, born from his rotting placenta, who serves as the incarnation of all negative or malignant forces
- Synonyms: Kaaju, Kaajushawa
- (Christianity) the Devil
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “odo'sha”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 227: “[oḍo'ša] 'devil'”
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Odosha”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- 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 53–61, 229