öwanü akano ökato
Maquiritari
Etymology
From öwanü (“heart”) + aka (“at, in, on, to”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [əwanɨ akano əkato]
Noun
öwanü akano ökato
- Synonym of do'ta (“heart spirit”).
Usage notes
This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayennü akano ökato (Ye’kwana) or adennü 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