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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From susu (“breast milk”) + yaichuuma (“to blow, to bless”) + -dü (action nominalizer).
Pronunciation
Noun
susu yaichuumadü
- chant performed before a baby’s first breastfeeding to eliminate the ritual pollution (amoi) present in the milk
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 178: “susu yaichuumadö”