aichudi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aichudi
Brazilian standard	aichudi
New Tribes	aichudi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajt͡ʃuɾ̠i]

Noun

aichudi (possessed aichudiyü)

1. traditional private song or chant performed to purify something of ritual pollution/taboo (amoi)

   Coordinate term: ödemi

2. (Christianity) psalm

Derived terms

• aichudi eyajö
• yaichuuma

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aichudi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 111
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “aichudi”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[3], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 184–185: “aichudi”
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 223, 386: “'ay'chudi 'song' […] ai'chüdi - song, chant ¶ aichu:di eda:mo - healing specialist (of blowing)”
• 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, pages 65–67, 146–147: “aichudi”