aji'choto weja'kadü
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Ye'kwana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aji'choto (“girl in seclusion after menarche”) + w- (intransitive marker) + eja'ka (“to come out”) + -dü (action nominalizer), thus literally ‘the coming out of the girl in seclusion’.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- coming-of-age ritual for girls performed after menarche, intended to protect them from Odo'sha in a dangerous time and introduce them to adulthood
References[edit]
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 154