koijai ekato

Maquiritari

Etymology

From koijai (“night”) +‎ ekato (front-grade possessed form of ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kojçaj ekato]

Noun

koijai ekato

  1. Synonym of nuunö ekato (“moon spirit, shadow cast by the moon”).

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: “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, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 92
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