nuunö awono ökato
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Ye'kwana[edit]
| ALIV | nuunö awono ökato |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | nuunä awoono äkaato |
| New Tribes | nuunä awoono äcaato |
| historical ad hoc | nuna awono akato |
Etymology[edit]
From nuunö (“moon”) + awö (“at, in, on”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Synonym of nuunö ekato (“moon spirit, shadow cast by the moon”).
References[edit]
- 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[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 207: “nuuna awano äcato”