agatapai
Wauja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ɰa.ta.paɪ/, [ˈa.ɰa.tɐ.paɪ]
Verb
agatapai
- (transitive) he/she/it names, summons, invokes (mentions by name, speaks the name of someone or something)
- Aminya pagatapai pinyatukojo okupona. Aminya! Pamonapaatatai. Itsapai aitsu.
- Don't [ever] say the name of your father-in-law. Do not! You must show only respect. That's our custom.
- Mainki, aitsa nagatapai pitsu...
- O, Corn, I refrain from uttering your name...
- [Wauja ritual invocation of the Corn Spirit.]
- Aminya pagatapai pinyatukojo okupona. Aminya! Pamonapaatatai. Itsapai aitsu.
Related terms
- agapai (“asks, questions”)
See also
- oukapai (“calls, beckons”)
References
- "Aminya pagatapai" written by Tukupe Waura, Facebook IM with E. Ireland, 10/09/2014.
- "Mainki" uttered by Wauja Chief Walakuyawatumpa, E. Ireland field notes, 1981-83.
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