aichudi edajö

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aichudi (private chant) + ödajö (possessor, master) + -∅ (possessed suffix), thus literally ‘possessor of song’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ajt͡ʃuɾ̠i eɾ̠aːhə]

Noun

aichudi edajö (plural aichudi edamo)

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) Synonym of ödemi edajö (master storyteller, singer, and ritual specialist)

References

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “aichu:di eda:mo”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “aichudiaha”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • 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, pages 35, 147, 149, 223:aichudiaha
  • Andrade, Karenina Vieira (2013) “Alteridades (in)corporadas: notas sobre a chefia ye’kuana” in Anuário Antropológico, volume 38, number 1, page 74
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 48:achudi yaajö
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