ötü neene

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ötü neene
Brazilian standard	ätö neene
New Tribes	ätö neene

Etymology

From ötü (“name”) +‎ neene (“truly, really”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ətɨ neːne]

Noun

ötü neene (possessed ötü neene or etü neene)

1. the name given to a baby several weeks or months after birth, typically by elders versed in oral tradition, and used publicly until the age of 11 or 12, after which time the name is considered too intimate or personal to reveal

Usage notes

Usually found with a third-person possessor as chöötü neene.

References

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 203–204: “tätö neene”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 110, 114, 118: “chäätö neene”