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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From shiichu (“baby”) + -'kö (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
shiichu'kö
- baby
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, page 109: “shiichu’kä”
- 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 220, 231: “shichucä”
- Briceño, Luis García (2024) Walking with Jesus in indigenous Amazonia: for an anthropology of paths, London: London School of Economics and Political Science, page 79: “chichucä”