nuunö awono ökato

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV nuunö awono ökato
Brazilian standard nuunä awoono äkaato
New Tribes nuunä awoono äcaato
historical ad hoc nuna awono akato

Etymology

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From nuunö (moon) +‎ awö (at, in, on) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ ökato (shadow, reflection, spirit, double).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nuːnə aβoːno əkaːto]

Noun

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nuunö awono ökato

  1. Synonym of nuunö ekato (moon spirit, shadow cast by the moon).

References

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  • 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