aichudi

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV aichudi
Brazilian standard aichudi
New Tribes aichudi

Pronunciation

Noun

aichudi (possessed aichudiyü)

  1. traditional private song or chant performed to purify something of ritual pollution/taboo (amoi)
    Coordinate term: ödemi
  2. (Christianity) psalm

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aichudi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 111
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “aichudi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • 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 184–185:aichudi
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 223, 386:'ay'chudi 'song' [] ai'chüdi - song, chant ¶ aichu:di eda:mo - healing specialist (of blowing)
  • 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 65–67, 146–147:aichudi