Introduction to Shipibo Icaros Language

Introduction to Shipibo icaros language By Sanken Ronin, August 2011

Introduction The first point is that shamanic! shipibo is completely different from idiom talked in the "illages, the traditional Shipibo# $hat are common are %orlds about concrete thing like parts of the body, pronouns, animals& In shamanic! shipibo there is no grammar 'luckily()# It*s a "isual+ special and kinesthetic language# The kinesthetic part %ill not be eplained here, no need for basic singing 'and I don*t ha"e it()# -or eample, jacon means good!, nice! in talked shipibo but the "isual and kinesthetic meaning is to call energy to myself!# Therefore it is a problem for the translation of the sentences, like in jacon shaman aquinra, %hich is translated by nicely! in Ricardo*s ./s but a deepest meaning is I call deeply the energy

to myself in order to help!# In this document, I %ill gi"e the basic translation# -or the grammar, in traditional Shipibo, the plural is "ery comple 'depends of the number of syllabus, termination %ith an accented or a nasalied sound&)# In shamanic shipibo, the plural is made by the suffi bo ' cano "ision!, canobo "isions!)# There are eceptions, like for maque "ibration of the "oice!, %hich plural is the same than in traditional Shipibo, maquecan 'suffi can because maque has t%o syllabus and the last syllabus is accentuated)# sing Spanish %ords is common ' Santo Espiritubo 3oly Spirit!, medicina…)# $ords can be shortened or lengthened in order to accord %ith the melody# -or eample medicina can become medico or medicinaman# 4ast but not least, there are lots of %ords to say to do something! and auiliaries, depending in %hich le"el of consciousness the curendero is %orking# As %e ha"en*t access to these le"els, %e can*t understand these nuances# 5ach curendero uses the basic language described here but add his o%n %ords and formulations %hich are his tools for healing# 3ere is described the basic langage used by 6uillermo and close of the one used by Ricardo and 7ames# As this document is my o%n comprehension of shamanic Shipibo language no%, I can*t be sure that there are no mistakes in the subtler points#

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Medicine medicina8 medicine

Rao8 %orld of the medicine plants

behua8 songs 'icaros)

vare roncan8 ayahuasca

josho pionis8 pi9on blanco

huiso pionis8 pi9on colorado

cahua8 chacruna

kanachiari8 toe

Plants

Some plants ha"e the same name than in Spanish like marosa, coca&

Worlds or dimensions paen8 mareacion

cano8 "ision, energy

sama8 diet

nete8 %orld or uni"erse

nihue8 air

nai8 skies

mai8 5arth

paro8 %ater, ocean

shobo8 house

Riossen8 6od

Elements and space

Pronouns I ;ou < 'doing to) you = singular 3e she it< 'doing to) him her $e < 'doing to) us ;ou or 'doing to) you = plural They < 'doing to) them

ea mia ja noa mato jaton

:y ;our's) 3is her its >ur's) ;our's) Their's)

nocon min jahuen non maton jaton

The, this

ja

'for beginners, only my! and you!
mareacion

nete '%orld) and –bo8 plural

process) of your diet

Parts of the Self yora8 body

shinan8 mind, senses, thoughts

caya8 Spirit

mapo8 head

jimi8 blood

puno8 blood "essels

poko8 stomach

joi8 "oice, breath

jointi8 heart


manshonbina8 cro%n center  nocon jointi canobo8 in the energy < "isions of my heart

Good energies jacon 'less intense)

metsa

soe 'more intense)

raro8 @oy

noi8 lo"e

inin8 perfume

beautiful, nice, good

$orld of 6od Riossen8 6od

Ibo8 4ord, :aster

Joe8 light

Bendicionma8 Benediction

Sabiduriane8 $isdom

oderosoran8 o%er

Jesus !hristo8 7esus .hrist

"ir#en Maria8 irgin :ary

Santo Espiritubo8 3oly Spirit

$#ua de %a "ida8 $ater of 4ife

!ienca8 Science

 Nete Ibo Riossen8 %orld or uni"erse of 6od, the 4ord  Joe nete8 %orld or uni"erse of the 4ight of 6od

The icaros behua8 songs 'icaros)

maque& "ibration

toninram8 echo

oran8 prayer

 maquecan toninram8 %ith the echo, "ibrations of my

incanto8 song of medicine

"oice

 nocon behua medicinaman8 %ith my medicine songs

Bad energies 5nergies of %itchcraft8 •

shane8 bru@o

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shintana8 black energy

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boman8 spell

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incanto8 songs of %itchcraft

' incanto can be used for medicine songs)

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oran8 black prayer

'oran can be used for medicine songs)

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yoshinbaum8 daemon

'mahua yoshinbaum8 spirits of the dead)

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huiso espiritubo8 black spirit

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mayanihue8 bad airs

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capo quiribo8 the aura of "ermin

'from the prefi maya=8 bad and nihue8 air)

Bad energy of the mind, of the psyche •

socase8 fear

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massa shinan8 bad thoughts, preoccupations, sadness

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rate8 susto 'lost of a fragment of soul after a trauma, an accident or an intense fear)

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tranca8 traumas ' shinan tranca, also yora tranca8 trauma of the body)

isin8 pain 'of the body) or illness  nocon pecca isinbo8 my back*s pain's)

sheponi8 %hat is closed coniaca8 %hat is blocked, %hat has blocked  min nete coniacabo8 all %hich has blocked your %orld

rami8 %hat has turned bad ' sama rami8 degraded diet, pae rami8 bad mareacion) jaconmabo8 bad

jaconmabo from jacon good! and the suffi  mabo not!

tapon8 roots

used as the root of something bad in order to thro% it a%ay

pishi8 stinking smells

'pishi canobo)

To do something The basic form for saying doing something! is ayon 'or yon or mayon) like in the follo%ing %ords8 ayonquin, ayonban, ayonshon, ayonan, yonbanon#

Another %orld is ashon or shon like in shonbanon, ashonban, ashonquin# $shon ha"e a meaning of doing something inside someone, me or another one, as someone contains different things! as ayon is doing something in general# The t%o %ords can be @ointed in the "erb shonyon like in shonyona, shonyonquin, shonyonban# Some %ords are @ust permutations of the same syllabus# The kinesthetic or spatial 'four dimensions) aspect plays a big part, for eample • •

ayonquin to do something here and no%! ayonban to do something here and beyond, no% and all the time!, for eample in the malloca and

in the space of the diet, for the night and the day# There are plenty of other %ords for doing something!# 4ike said in the introduction, it depends in %hich le"el of consciousness the curendero is %orking# -or beginners, the best could be to use only the %ord ayonquin#

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Suffixes 4ast %ord of each sentence has a suffi %hich is not the same if this %ord is a "erb, an ad@ecti"e& erbs 4ike for the eample of the "erbs for saying to do!, the same "erb can ha"e different suffies# Suffi 'quin 'ban 'shon 'a or –an or 'i

ayon to do!

ashon to do!

shonyon to do!

punte straighten!

ayonquin ayonban ayonshon ayonan

ashonquin ashonban

shonyonquin shonyonban

puntequin

shonyona

punteshon puntea

4ike in the eample of ayon, pre"iously •

=quin means here and no%!

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=ban means here and beyond, no% and all the time!

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=shon a first meaning is to do something good but I don*t kno% the eact meaning

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=a  an  am ha"e no meaning, it has for purpose to lengthen the sentence in order to accord %ith the melody

>ther %ords At the end of the sentence shaman deeply! and vain %hat is currently done! ha"e suffies too# Suffi 'quin 'shon 'a or –an or 'am 'bo 'plural) 'bi 'mea 'from)

shaman

vain

shamanquin shamanshon shamanam shamanbo shamanbi shamanmeabo shamanmeabi

vainquin vainshon vaina

The suffi mea is added to shaman in order to gi"e the sense of from, coming from!  min shinan shamanbi8 deeply in your mind  nocon shinan shamanmeabo8 deeply from my

senses and thoughts

the suffi ra I don*t kno% eactly its meaning+ it can be used in t%o different manners8 •

alternati"e plural, like canora 'cano8 "isions), %hich means all the colors of the "isions

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suffi after the plural  bo, like shintanabora or incantobora

banore banore 'see belo%) can be a sentence ending, too

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Common words and expressions ani8 big

e(a8 giant

matsi8 cold

cuin8 smoke

rome8 tobacco

pipa8 pipe

rama8 no%

enque8 I*m going to 'do something)

'mea8 suffi meaning from!, coming from! shaman8 deep, deeply 'see abo"e) vain8 literally the track!, %hat is done at the moment 'see abo"e)  Sua sua vainquin the cleaning action is going on!

banore8 the fact of doing something, %hich it currently made  sua yonbanore8 the action of cleaning is

currently happening ' sua8 clean, yon8 do)

mesco8 all  mesco medicinabo8 all my medicines

yabi8 %hole  nete yabi8 %hole space

senen para mayonan para mayo shamanan

or

senen para maboquin & para mayon shamanquin

%ith harmony

rama caya cayara

in reality, it is used as a transition bet%een t%o actions

jacon shaman aquinra

nicely 'see introduction abo"e for the problem of translation)

.olors josho8 %hite

panshin8 yello%

curo8 grey

huiso8 black

yancun8 blue or green

oshin8 red

 jahuen huiso mayanihuebo8 their black fog 'bad air)  Josho Joe8 $hite 4ight 'of 6od)

ctions .leansing sua8 clean

payan8 blo%

pisha8 thro% a%ay

churo8 thro% a%ay

choca8 %ash 'mainly %ith a liFuid)

queyo8 finish %ith

tsinque8 @oining '%hat is bad before cleaning)  enque payan ayonquin

I*m going to blo% E

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 pisha yon shamanquin  churo yon banore  nocon yora suaquin  yora choca ayonquin  queyo queyo vainquin

I do thro% a%ay deeply the action of thro%ing a%ay is currently happening I %ash my body I do %ash the body finishing is going on

All the %ords for cleansing can be used %ith the different epressions# :any other %orlds for cleansing eist# cushi8 strength or strengthen# This is the only %ord %hich is an ad@ecti"e and is used %ith to do! for an

action#  yora cushi ayonquin8 strengthen the body ' ayon8 to do)  cushi cushi medicinaman8 po%erful medicine 'here cushi is used as an ad@ecti"e)

punte8 straighten  nocon pae puntequin8 straighten my diet  min shinan puntequin8 straighten your mind

pana8 protect  pana yonbanore8 doing a protection is going on  enque pana ayonquin8 I do protect

mepin8 connect 'mainly %ith 6od)  nocon shinan mepinan8 I connect my mind

Nete Ibo Riossen8 %ith the $orld of 6od, The 4ord quepen8 open  Joe nete quepenquin8 open the %orld of

6od*s 4ight

 Nete yabi quepenquin8 open the %hole %orld

abanon8 open 'the "isions)  rama cano abanon8 no% I open the "isions

beshon8 bring back  min shinan beshonban8 brink back your mind

nichin8 center oneself or center something into somebody  enque nichin ayonquin8 I*m going to center myself

onan8 learn  min onan ishonra8 you can learn 'ishonra8 auiliary)

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Conclusion to shamanic Shipibo concepts and words

$ith these eplanations you can see the high le"el of sophistication of the shamanic Shipibo language# -or me it is close to sacred languages like 5gyptian 3ieroglyphs and :andarin, e"en if it uses %ords and not graphic symbols# $ith the teaching of the plants, the Shipibo idiom has e"ol"ed to become operati"e tools for healing# $hat is important for e"eryone %ho %ants to use shamanic Shipibo is to construct his o%n tools %ith this language# erhaps at the beginning you %ill feel like saying your lesson at school but %ith training and the help of the plants these %orlds %ill become filled %ith energy# >ne step further, the shamanic energy passing through you, the %ords %ill come by themsel"es %ithout thinking, %ith the "isions leading them# -or learning this shamanic Shipibo the best method, for me, is to learn the %ords %hen singing a recorded icaros %ith the %ords %ritten and translate, then listen to the curendero in ceremony, trying to understand %hat he is singing, then singing %ith him# But e"eryone has her
3a"e a "ision of %hat has to be done or, if you don*t ha"e "isions, the feeling

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A specific kind of "ibration %ill come %ith the "oice# :ore than the %ords, the "ibration is the most important

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>n this "ibration you put the %ords#

The most important thing %hile singing in ceremony is the intention, %hat do you %ant to do# If you don*t kno% a %ord in shamanic Shipibo, you can use the Spanish %ord or you can sing %ith the %ords of your o%n langage# After, singing to another person is like surgery, the more precise you %ill be and the more it %ill %ork# erhaps after reading this document until here you %ill find that this is too comple for you no%# In order to sho% you that you are %rong, %e %ill see no% ho% to construct simple tools to help yourself in ceremony#

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Construction of simple sentences )* ;ou feel bad in your mareacion  Nocon pae puntequin

I straighten my mareacion

But if it*s the "isions %hich are bad8  Nocon pae canobo

the "isions in my mareacion

 Enque punte ayonquin

I do straighten

An action can take one or t%o sentences depending on its precision# It can take time to straighten the "isions of the mareacion so you can sing more about that#  Nocon pae canobo


 Enque punte ayonquin

I do straighten

 unte punte vainquin ?

Straightening is going on, going on, going on

But before straightening the "isions you feel that this is black energy in the malloca that gi"es you bad "isions# ;ou %ant to clean this black energy in you#  Rama cano abanon

no% I open the "isions

 Nocon pae canobo


 Jacon mabo canobo

bad "isions

 Jahuen shintanabora

their dark energy

 +uiso mayanihuebo

the dark bad air

 Enque sua ayonquin

I do clean

 Sua sua vainquin

cleaning is going on, going on

2

 unte punte vainquin 2

straightening is going on, going on

After cleaning the black energy you %ant to open nice "isions#  Rama cano abanon

no% I open the "isions

 Nocon pae canobo


 Jacon mabo canobo

bad "isions

 Jahuen shintanabora

their black energy

 +uiso mayanihuebo

the dark bad air

 Enque sua ayonquin

I do clean

 isha pisha vainquin

2

thro%ing them a%ay is going on, going on

 unte punte vainquin 2

straightening is going on, going on

 Rama caya cayara

no% 'transition)

 Enque cano abanon

I open the "isions

 Nocon pae shamanmeabi

deeply from my mareacion

 Metsa cano ayonquin

Jice "isions

 Shinan nichin shamanam

I center them deeply in my mind and senses

;ou ha"e constructed a medicine song(

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,* Suppose that, like Tat@ana one day, you ha"e eaten a melon @ust before the ceremony, or bananas, and your belly hurts#  Nocon poko isinbo  Sua sua vainquin 2

my stomach*s pains cleaning is going on, going on

If you feel that your diet is not straight and that*s %hy you ha"e eaten a melon you can straighten your diet#  Nocon sama canobo  !ano ayon banore  Sama punte shamanquin  Senen para mayonan  Nocon poko isinbo  isha pisha vainquin  Sua sua vainquin -,

in the energy of my diet I open the "isions I straighten deeply the diet %ith harmony my stomach*s pains thro%ing it a%ay is going on cleaning is going on, going on

>r you can feel that the ambiance of the center or the others ha"e leaded you to eat this melon# ;ou %ant to straighten the %orld and the air of your diet and protect yourself#  Nocon sama canobo  !ano ayon banore  Sama punte shamanquin  Nete yabi puntequin  Nihue yabi puntequin  Senen para mayonan  Sama pana ayonquin  ana pana vainquin  ana yon vaina

in the energy of my diet I open the "isions I straighten deeply the diet I straighten the %hole %orld 'of the diet) I straighten the %hole air 'space) 'of the diet) %ith harmony I do protect my diet protecting is going on doing a protection is going on

.* ;ou %ant to connect %ith the $orld of 6od and Its 4ight, these are the usual %orlds#  Nocon shinan mepinan  Nete Ibo Riossen  Riossen nete quepenan  Joe nete quepenan

I connect my mind %ith the $orld of 6od, The 4ord I open 6od*s $orld I open the $orld of 3is 4ight

Again it can take time to open the 4ight  Nocon shinan mepinan  Nete Ibo Riossen  Riossen nete quepenan  Joe nete quepenquin  /uepen quepenan vainquin -,  /uepen yon shamanan

I connect my mind %ith the $orld of 6od, The 4ord I open 6od*s %orld I open the $orld of 3is 4ight opening is going on, going on I do open 'the $orld of 3is 4ight) deeply


Icaros of Guillermo !"## "# !$ % WS&""&#$ ae cano punteFuin

Straighten the "isions < energy of your diet

unte yon shamanFuin#

I do straighten deeply

Senen paramayonan

$ith harmony

ara mayon shamanFuin

$ith harmony

;ora yabi punteFuin#

Straighten all your body

Shinan yabi punteFuin

Straighten all your mind and senses

unte yon shamanFuin 2#

I do straighten deeply

Senen paramayonan

$ith harmony

ara mayon shamana 2#

$ith harmony deeply

7oe maFue boFuinra

$ith the "ibrations of my "oice 'boFuira8 auiliary)

:aFue maFue "ainFuin

$ith my "oice

:aFue yon shamanFuin 2#

/oing %ith my "oice deeply

5a cano ayonban

I open the "isions

Senen cano ayonban

>pening the "isions %ith harmony

.ano ayon shamanFuin

>pening the "isions deeply

Senen paramayonan#

$ith harmony

ara mayon shamana 2

$ith harmony

Jete @acon canobo#

Jice "isions in your %orld

Kuepen Fuepen "ainFuin 2

>pening, opening

:ia cano ayonban#

I*m going to open your "isions

Senen cano ayonban

>pening the "isions %ith harmony

.ano ayon shamanFuin ? &

>pening the "isions deeply


!"## "# !$ % WS&""&#' .ano abanon

>pening the "isions

Rama cano abanon#

Jo% I open the "isions

:in sama canobo

In the energy of your diet

.ushi ayon "ainFuin

I do strengthen

:ia Fuepen shonyonban#

I do open you

Jete @acon FuepenFuin

I open nicely your %orld

Sama nete FuepenFuin

I open nicely your diet

:ia Fuepen shonyona#

I do open you

Senen paramayonFuin

$ith harmony

ara mayon shamanFuin 2#

$ith harmony

7oi maFue bobanon

$ith the sound of my "oice 'bobanon8 auiliary)

:aFue maFue "ainFuin 2#

$ith my "oice, my "oice

5nFue mia ashonban

I*m going to do it to you

Rama mia ashonban#

Jo% I*m going to do it to you

ae @acon FuepenFuin

>pening nicely your mareacion

Jete @acon FuepenFuin

>pening nicely your %orld

:ia Fuepen shonyona#

I open you

Kuepen shonyon shamana 2#

>pening deeply

:ia cano ayona

/oing 'producing) your "isions

Sama cano ayona

The "isions of your diet

.ano ayon shamanFuin &

/oing 'producing) the "isions deeply


(icardo )ol*+ , trac- + 5nFue cano abanon

I %ill call the "isions and energy

Rama cano abanon

Jo% I call "isions and energy

7acon aFuin FuepenFuin

Jicely open

:aton Fuepen shonyonban &

>pen for you

ae Fuepen shonyonban 2

>pen the mareacion

Jete yabi FuepenFuin 2

>pen its %hole %orld

Kuepen Fuepen "ainFuin 2 &

>pen open

:ato ashonban

I %ill do it for you

AFuin mato ashonban

I %ill do it nicely for you

7acon shaman aFuinra 2

Jicely

7oe nete FuepenFuin

>pen its %orld of light

Kuepen Fuepen "ainFuin

>pen open

Senen para maboFuin

$ith harmony

aramayon shamanFuin 2#

$ith harmony

:aton shinan canobo

;our mind and senses

Kuepen Fuepen "ainFuin

>pen open

:aton punte shonyonban

I %ill center %ell for you

Shinan punte shonyonban#

Straighten the mind

unte shonyonban

Straighten

unte shon yonbanore D

Straighten

Senen cano aboFuin ?

$ith harmony

7oe inin canobo# L2

The perfumed light

Rebo mayon yonbanon 2

I %ill bring it

Jete inin ayonFuin#

The %orld of perfumes

Shobo inin ayonFuin

erfume this house

Inin cano mayonFuin C

Bring perfumes

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Senen cano mayonan ?

$ith harmony

:aton yora isinbo ?

The pains of your body

are roncan canora

The energy of the ayahuasca

.honca paFue "ainFuin

$ash

Sua sua "ainFuin 2# 2

.lean

Jete metsa ayonan

>pen nice %orlds

Jihue metsa ayonan

>pen nice air

.ano @acon paranta ?

The good energy

5nFue para mayonban ?

I %ill open

ara mayon shamanFuin 2

/eeply

:aton sama medico ?

;our medicinal diets

Senen cano maboFuin 2

$ith harmony

.ano mayon shamanFuin &

$ith harmony

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.ictionar/  $banon8 open 'the "isions)

!uro8 grey

2

!ushi8 strength or strengthen

0anachiari& toe

E

M

Ea8 I

Mabo8 to do

Enque8

I*m

going

to

'do

Maque& "ibration of the "oice

$#ua de %a "ida8 $ater of 4ife

something)

$ni8 big

Espiritubo8 Spirit

the dead

$yon8 to do

E(a8 giant

Mai 5arth

$shon8 to do

0

Manshonbina8 cro%n center

B

+uiso8 black

Mapo8 head

+uiso pionis pi9on colorado

Massa

Banore8

the

fact

of

doing

something, %hich it currently made Bebon8 auiliary Behua songs 'icaros) Bendicionma8 Benediction Beshon8 bring back Boman8 spell

C !ahua8 chacruna !ano "ision, energy !apo quiribo8 the aura of "ermin !aya8 Spirit !hoca8 %ash !huro8 thro% a%ay !ienca8 Science !oniaca8 %hat is blocked, %hat

has blocked

I Ibo8 4ord, :aster Incanto8 song Inin8 perfume Ishonra8 auiliary Isin8 pain 'of the body) or illness

1 Ja& he, she, it, him, her, the, this Jacon& good, nice Jaconmabo8 bad

Mahua yoshinbaum8 spirits of

shinan8

bad thoughts,

preoccupations, sadness Mato8 you 'plural) Matsi8 cold Maton8 your 'plural) Mayanihue8 bad airs Mayon8 to do 'mea& from 'suffi) Medicina& medicine Mepin8 connect Mesco8 all Metsa8 good, nice, beautiful

Joe8 light Mia8 you 'singular) Joi8 "oice, breath Min8 your Jointi8 heart Josho8 %hite

3 Nai8 sky

Josho pionis& pi9on blanco Nichin8 center oneself or center Jimi8 blood

!uin8 smoke

something into somebody Nihue8 air

1D Introduction to Shipibo shamanic language

Nishi8 ayahuasca

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Noa8 %e, us

Raro8 @oy

Nocon8 my

Rate8 susto

Noi8 lo"e

Rome8 tobacco

Non8 our

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Sabiduriane8 $isdom

1nan8 learn

Sama& diet

1ran8 prayer

Shaman8 deep, deeply

1shin8 red

Sheponi8 %hat is closed

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Shinan8 mind, senses, thoughts

ae& mareacion

shintana8 black energy

ana8 protect

Shobo8 house

anshin8 yello%

socase8 fear

aro8 %ater, ocean

Soe8 good, nice, beautiful

ayan8 blo%

Sua8 clean

ipa8 pipe

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isha8 thro% a%ay

2apon8 roots

ishi8 stinking smell

2oninram8 echo

oko8 stomach

2ranca8 traumas

uno8 blood "essels

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unte8 straighten

"ain8

5 /uepen8 open

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3oshinbaum8 daemon

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moment "are roncan& illumination of the

body %ith ayahuasca

/ueyo8 finish %ith

7 ( Rama8 no% Rami8 %hat has turned bad Rao& %orld of the medicine plants

3abi8 %hole 3ancun8 blue or green 3on8 to do 3ora8 body

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