nuunö awono ökato

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nuunö awono ökato
Brazilian standard nuunä awoono äkaato
New Tribes nuunä awoono äcaato
historical ad hoc nuna awono akato

Etymology

From nuunö (moon) + awö (at, in, on) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (shadow, reflection, spirit, double).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nuːnə aβoːno əkaːto]

Noun

nuunö awono ökato

  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, pages 50–51:nuna awono akato
  • 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:nuuna awano äcato
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