amode

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *amore.[1] Cognate to Trió amore (“soul”), Akawaio amore (“soul”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

amode (possessed amodedü)

  1. transformation, instantiation, hypostasis
  2. double or spirit (ökato) that can be controlled and directed, possessed by shamans and primeval animal ‘masters’ (adai/ödajö)

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References[edit]

  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “damodede”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
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  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 44–46
  1. ^ Gildea, Spike & Payne, Doris (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?” in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, Belém, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 19-72.
  2. ^ Rivière, Peter (1997) “Carib soul matters—since Fock” in JASO 28/2, pages 139–148
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