önu akano ökato
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Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | önu akano ökato |
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Brazilian standard | änu akaano äkaato |
New Tribes | änu acaano äcaato |
Etymology
[edit]From önu (“eye”) + aka (“at, in, on, to”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]önu akano ökato (obligatorily possessed; possessed önudu akano ökato or enudu akano ökato)
- Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit, reflection in the eye”).
Usage notes
[edit]- This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayenudu akano ökato (Caura River) or adenudu akano ökato (Cunucunuma River).
References
[edit]- 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, page 50: “ayenudu akano akato”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 86: “ayenudu akano äkaato”