nuunö ekato

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

• IPA^(key): [nuːnə ekaːto]

nuunö ekato

1. shadow cast by the moon

   Synonyms: nuunö awono ökato, koijai ekato

2. one of the several doubles or spirits (ökato) possessed by each person, namely the one said to have its home in the moon, to be profoundly malevolent, to oppose the shii ekato, and to return to the moon at death, where it suffers and burns forever, having absorbed all the evil thoughts and actions of the dead person

   Synonyms: nuunö awono ökato, koijai ekato

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• 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, pages 92–93
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