shii awono ökato

Maquiritari

Etymology

From shii (“sun”) +‎ awö (“at, in, on”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃiː aβono əkato]

Noun

shii awono ökato

  1. Synonym of shii ekato (“sun spirit, shadow cast by the sun”).

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 50–51
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 207
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