önu akano ökato

Maquiritari

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ənu akano əkato]

Noun

önu akano ökato

  1. Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit, reflection in the eye”).

Usage notes

This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayenudu akano ökato (Ye’kwana) or adenudu akano ökato (De’kwana).

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
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo
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