koijai ekato
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Ye'kwana[edit]
| ALIV | koijai ekato |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | koijhai ekaato |
| New Tribes | coijai ecaato |
Etymology[edit]
From koijai (“night”) + ekato (front-grade possessed form of 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, page 50: “Referred to as a person’s “night shadow”, this akato resides beside each human, absorbing all their bad thoughts and wicked actions.”
- 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, page 92: “koijai äkaato”