shii ekato

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From shii (“sun”) +‎ ekato (front-grade possessed form of ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃiː ekaːto]

Noun

shii ekato

1. shadow cast by the sun

   Synonym: shii awono ökato

2. one of the several doubles or spirits (ökato) possessed by each person, namely the one said to have its home in the sun, to be somewhat benevolent, to oppose the nuunö ekato, and to return to the sun at death

   Synonym: shii awono ökato

References

• 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: “shi awono akato”
• 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 92–93
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 207: “shi awano äcato”