ödemi

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ödemi
Brazilian standard ädeemi
New Tribes ädeemi
historical ad hoc ademi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ödemi

  1. long (2–3 days) communal ceremonial chant performed at major events and festivals to purify involved objects of ritual pollution/taboo (amoi)
    Coordinate term: aichudi
  2. song, chant (in general)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ödemi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “öde:mi 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) “ademi”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN, page 175:
    ademi: Ademi is the most common term for ‘song’ and is applied to the long, ceremonial performances of the Watunna. When the suffix hidi is added, a verb form [sic] is made meaning ‘to sing’, as in Adahe ademi hidi, ‘To sing conuco’.
  • 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 65–67:ademi