öwanü akano ökato

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	öwanü akano ökato
Brazilian standard	äwaanö akaano äkaato
New Tribes	äwaanö acaano äcaato

Etymology

From öwanü (“heart”) +‎ aka (“at, in, on, to”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əwaːnɨ akaːno əkaːto]

Noun

öwanü akano ökato

1. Synonym of do'ta (“heart spirit”).

Usage notes

• This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayennü akano ökato (Caura River) or adennü akano ökato (Cunucunuma River).

References

• 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: “ayewana 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: “adheenö akano äkaato”