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Wauja
Etymology
From kata (“that, this”) + -pai (imperfective aspect).
Pronunciation
Verb
katapai
- (transitive) there is/are, here is/are, that is/are (something or someone)
Punupa otukaka, katapai otukake eu. Otukaka akixekojatapai han. Aya ewejeke kawoka. Hoona! uma. Ja toneju, aitsa kixekoja – ahaTAIN ta kixekojapai.- Her brother, you see, her brother was there. It was her brother that spoke with her. "Let's go play the flutes," . "Let's!" . That woman, she did not speak , she spoke only very little .
- ojopai (“today, nowadays, here, perhaps”)
References
- "Punupa otukaka" 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. 3.