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Wauja
Etymology
From pain (house) + okanato (its mouth): the doorway of the house.
Pronunciation
Noun
painxanato
- doorway (of a house)
Munyakawakawi, iyene painxanato.- When it was light , went to the doorway of the house.
Usage notes
Doorways are always the exterior front door or back door of the house. A traditional Wauja house consists of a very large single room, like a longhouse, but oval in shape and with very high ceilings. Such houses do not have interior rooms with doors.
References
- Transcript of Itsautaku narrating the story of the "Man who Drowned in Honey," November 1989. Itsautaku's narration recorded for BBC film, The Storyteller.