ada'komo weyudu

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ada'komo (“mortals, ephemeral creatures”) +‎ weyu (“rays of the sun”) +‎ -dü (possessed suffix), thus literally ‘sunrays of the ephemeral creatures’.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [aɾ̠aʔkomo wejuːɾ̠u]

Proper noun[edit]

ada'komo weyudu

  1. the visible Sun, as opposed to its never-setting invisible double or spirit (ökato)

References[edit]

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