Ayoréode Uaguedie Íode
Names of People Groups
(The Ayoré belong to certain groups. The term ‘gosode’ (meaning ‘people of’) is suffixed onto the name of the group.)
Ayoré Groups in Paraguay:
Ducodégosode – “People of the graves”
Their land was where there were many graves; there were many of the Ducodégosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Idaidé Etacõre, and Asidáquide.
Totobíegosode – “People of the wild pig”
A mountainous area called Cerro Leon was their land. There were few Totobíegosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Jochadáquide, and Pajnidáquide Chiqueno.
Tiégosode – “People of the river”
Their country was composed of lands by the river; there were many Tiégosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Beuidé, and Noainé.
Guidaigosode – “People of the village”
They lived in a large village; there were many Guidaigosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Uruode (Degúyade’s victim), Cuteridáquide, Eodedáquide, and Jnumone.
Cuterepajógosode or Cuterepaogorónegosode – “People of honey” (called by two names)
Their land was referred to as ‘guerácadie’; there were many Cutérepajógosode.
Their chief was: Uniné.
Chabotodiegosode – “People of the bats.”
Their land was land of the ‘great singers’ (deyaidatedie); ‘Puredai’ was one of the great singers, he was the now dead father of Puré.
Their chiefs were Cutadedé, and Tocoidie.
Dajeguéogosode – “People of ‘dajegueo’.”
Their land was ‘dajegueo’.
Their chiefs were: Guebei, and Cajodáquide.
Erã́peparígosode – “People of the dense forest.”
Amomégosode – “People of amomé.”
Ayoré Groups in Bolivia
Tiequedéjnagosode – “People of the strange (large) river.”
Their land was called ‘dorojobíe’; there were many Tiéquedéjnaigosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Ichaguedáquide, Ichabiade Dosapeque, and Pachade.
Dorojobiegosode –
Direquedéjnagosipísode (Unirequedéjnagosode) – “Original people of the strange day (land).”
Their land was by the large river; there were many Direquedéjnagosipísode long ago.
Their chiefs were Capichádedé, and Guijnane.
Picadebúigosode – “People of the “picade” palm grove.”
Their land had groves of “picade palms;” there were many Picadebúigosode long ago.
Their chiefs were: Pochade, and Jororode.
Cochocóigosode – “People of the large houses.”
Their land was where there were once “large white houses”; there were many Cochocóigosode long ago. The river knocked down the houses long ago.
Their chiefs were: Ingoinie, and Guiejnane.
Pajógosode – “People of the clearing.”
There were few Pajógosode in their land on the plains long ago.
Their chiefs were: Aitede, and Utatade.
Tuijnáigosode – “People of land with streams flowing through.”
Their land was where there were streams.
Their chiefs were: Arobede, and Etoguede.
Cucójnaigosode – “People of the large bottle trees (cucójnane).”
Their land was in the plains where there were many bottle trees.
Jnupedógosode – “People of the caves.
Their land had lots of tall mountains where there were caves. The Cucójnaigosode were later on called Jnupedógosode. In the beginning, when they were still in Paraguay, they were called People of the star. Their chiefs were: Jnohainecuchábi, and Idaide.
Uechamitógosode – “People of the other side.”
The name of their land was “Forests.”
Their chiefs were: Tununguené, Eduguedé, and Moiné.
Tiquinachúigosode – “People who kill jaguar.”
Their land was the same as the land of “The People of the Other Side” and the “Forest People” – (the three groups shared the same land).
Jachaigosode – “People of the ‘jachai’.”
There were large cucoi trees in their land, but they left there and began to live in the ‘jachai’ and in the plains.
Their chiefs were: Jonanine, and Acui.
Carábiagosode – “People of the ‘carabia’.”
Their land was ‘carabia’.
Their chiefs were: Ijneráine, and Ocoi.
Togarogosode – “People of the ‘togaro’.”
Their land was togaro.
Oidábiadé – Campo Loro, Paraguay – 1988.
Transcribed and translated to English by: Maxine Morarie.
