The Teko (also called Emerillon , Emerilon , Emerion , Mereo , Melejo , Mereyo , Teco ) are a Tupi–Guarani -speaking people in French Guiana living on the banks of the Camopi and Tampok rivers. Their subsistence is based on horticulture , hunting and various fishing techniques. As of 2010 they numbered about 410 individuals.
12-660: Tekos may refer to: Teko people , an Amerindian tribe in French Guiana TeKoS , a Belgian "Nieuw Rechts" publication Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tekos . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tekos&oldid=970767445 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
24-399: A person – or, less commonly, a place or thing – for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Eponym may also refer to someone or something named after, or believed to be named after, a person – or, less commonly, a place or thing. A person, place, or thing named after a particular person share an eponymous relationship. In this way, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of
36-597: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Teko people The Teko constitute one of the six now-living ethnic groups of French Guiana already present before colonization. More nomadic than the other ethnic groups of the area, the Teko resided on different rivers in French Guiana during the colonial period, notably on the Approuague and, more recently, they settled within
48-494: The Elizabethan era , but the Elizabethan era can also be referred to as the eponym of Elizabeth I of England . Eponyms may be named for things or places, for example 10 Downing Street , a building named after its street address. Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example bowdlerize . Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic . When Henry Ford is referred to as "the eponymous founder of
60-743: The Ford Motor Company ", his surname "Ford" and the name of the motor company have an eponymous relationship. The word "eponym" can also refer to the title character of a fictional work (such as Rocky Balboa of the Rocky film series ), as well as to self-titled works named after their creators (such as the album The Doors by the band the Doors ). Walt Disney created the eponymous Walt Disney Company , with his name similarly extended to theme parks such as Walt Disney World . Medical eponymous terms are often called medical eponyms , although that usage
72-550: The Guiana Amazonian Park as a restriction to their free movement. The Teko practice slash-and-burn agriculture and complement the food supply with hunting, gathering and fishing. Many of the villagers live in wooden huts with palm leaves, however concrete houses are becoming more common. The tribe is matrilocal , i.e. the husband moves into the wife's village. In the 1960s polygamy was still being practised, but in decline. Marriages with other tribes and ethnic groups
84-828: The European languages, however the language is considered endangered. The Teko are in a minority in the following Wayana villages: The Teko are in a minority in the following Wayampi villages: Eponymous An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic . Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names. Various orthographic conventions are used for eponyms. The term eponym functions in multiple related ways, all based on an explicit relationship between two named things. Eponym may refer to
96-506: The Teko were the only tribes who decided against citizenship. During the same period, the French government tried to the concentrate the population in larger villages with limited success. The government installed male captains, based on the Maroon hierarchy, to head the villages, however being a matrilocality, the position was often inherited by the widow. In 2012, the Teko resisted the creation of
108-533: The epidemics, greatly reduced their numbers. In 1849, Bagot estimated their numbers around 100 people. By the late 1960s, the Teko were in a poor state of health, however due to general health improvements and various demographic strategies, they have since grown to the number of approximately 400. In the 1960s, the French Government contacted all tribes to ask them whether they wanted French citizenship . The Wayampi , who did accept citizenship in 2000, and
120-502: The surroundings of the rivers Tampok and Maroni near the border with Suriname , and the river Camopi near the border with Brazil . Their villages, usually located at a distance from the rivers for protection from raids, were moved frequently due to soil exhaustion, warfare, and several customary reasons, like the death of a chief. The Teko' first contact with the Europeans occurred in 1767 when an expedition led by Patris, came across
132-523: The tribe. The number of people was estimated at 350 to 400. They were in continuous warfare against the Galibi Amerindians who often raided their territory. By the 19th century internal and intertribal warfare had weakened the Teko to the point of being collective slaves to the Wayampi . The tribal warfare ended after the French government had threatened a military intervention. The fighting, along with
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#1733085764247144-455: Was on the rise. Emerillon is the eponymous term for their language which belongs to the Tupí-Guaraní family. An identifying characteristic of the language is nasal harmony . The language is still being passed on to the children as the native language, however French , Portuguese and Wayampí are becoming secondary languages. The effect is mainly limited to borrowing of the lexicon of
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