koijai ekato
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | koijai ekato |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | koijhai ekaato |
| New Tribes | coijai ecaato |
Etymology
[edit]From koijai (“night”) + ekato (front-grade possessed form of ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Synonym of nuunö ekato (“moon spirit, shadow cast by the moon”).
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: “Referred to as a person’s “night shadow”, this akato resides beside each human, absorbing all their bad thoughts and wicked actions.”
- 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 92: “koijai äkaato”