önu akano ökato

== Ye'kwana == === Etymology === From önu (“eye”) +‎ aka (“at, in, on, to”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ənu akaːno əkaːto] === Noun === önu akano ökato (obligatorily possessed; possessed önudu akano ökato or enudu akano ökato) synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit, reflection in the eye”) ==== Usage notes ==== This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayenudu akano ökato (Caura River) or adenudu akano ökato (Cunucunuma River). === 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, page 50: “ayenudu akano 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, page 86: “ayenudu akano äkaato”