oko uhu

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Barasana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oko (water) +‎ uhu (master), literally "master of water".

Noun[edit]

oko uhu

  1. the egret, associated by the Barasana with cold, mists and rain

References[edit]

  • 1982, Hugh-Jones, Barasana Cosmology, in Ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy in the American tropics: oko uhu