nono aküdü

From nono (“earth”) +‎ akü (“a kind of worm or snake”) +‎ -dü (possessed suffix), thus literally ‘worm of the earth’, ‘snake of the earth’.

• IPA^(key): [nono akɨːɾ̠ɨ]

nono aküdü

1. a kind of caecilian or amphisbaenian roughly the size of a coral snake with a small, painted head, said to feed on the dead and be an omen of death, to cause bad dreams and loss of appetite in children, to plug up the mouths of baskets, and to be the master (adai) of all the earth spirits

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