sejje

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV sejje
Brazilian standard sejje
New Tribes sejje

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sejje (possessed sejjedü)

  1. intelligence, wisdom
  2. Synonym of önu ekato (eye spirit)

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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, pages 86–87:sejje
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 247:sejee