na'kwaka ökato

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	na'kwaka ökato
Brazilian standard	na'kwaka äkaato
New Tribes	na'cwaca äcaato

Etymology

From na'kwaka (“in the water”) +‎ ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naʔkʷaka əkaːto]

Noun

na'kwaka ökato

1. Synonym of tuna awono ökato (“water spirit, reflection in the water”).

References

• 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: “na’kwa’ka äkaato”