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Wauja
Etymology
From itseepu (“end(s)”) + -ta (causative); lit., to bring forth the ends.
Pronunciation
Verb
itseeputa
- (transitive) he/she/it unties (a hammock cord, a knotted string, etc.)
...iye kalanaku itseeputa papisun otunumaliu, iyawiu ... iyene ipawiu. Itsityene yiu, auhawi. Auwi, iyawi pemejepei yiu.- She went into that house to untie her lover's hammock, and she got rid of the other one . She tied up her lover's hammock . Now it was done: she had taken him as her husband.
References
- "iye kalanaku" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey," in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript p. 33.