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Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
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| Brazilian standard
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Pronunciation
Noun
sejje (possessed sejjedü)
- intelligence, wisdom
- Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit”)
Derived terms
References
- 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, pages 86–87: “sejje”
- 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, page 247: “sejee”