öwanü akano ökato
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== Ye'kwana ==
=== Etymology ===
From öwanü (“heart”) + aka (“at, in, on, to”) + -ano (nominalizer) + ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [əwaːnɨ akaːno əkaːto]
=== Noun ===
öwanü akano ökato
synonym of do'ta (“heart spirit”)
==== Usage notes ====
This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayennü akano ökato (Caura River) or adennü 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: “ayewana 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: “adheenö akano äkaato”