sejje

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sehhe]

Noun

sejje (possessed sejjedü)

  1. intelligence, wisdom
  2. Synonym of önu ekato (“eye spirit”)

Derived terms

References
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 86–87: “sejje”
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 247: “sejee”
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