susu yaichuumadü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	susu yaichuumadü
Brazilian standard	susu yaichuumadö
New Tribes	susu yaichuumadö

Etymology

From susu (“breast milk”) +‎ yaichuuma (“to blow, to bless”) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [susu ɟajt͡ʃuːmaɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

susu yaichuumadü

1. chant performed before a baby’s first breastfeeding to eliminate the ritual pollution (amoi) present in the milk

References

• 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 178: “susu yaichuumadö”