akulukatapai

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Wauja[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˌku.luˈka.ta.paɪ/

Verb[edit]

akulukatapai

  1. (intransitive) he/she/it worries, is concerned
    Aminya pakulukata. Akama yajo wiu. Aitsa minya kutowa.
    Don't worry. It's really dead [lit., it really died]. It won't wake up.
    [Said of a piranha just caught and clubbed, lying at our feet in the canoe.]
  2. (transitive) he/she/it worries, is concerned (about someone or something)
    Nakulakatapai pitsu.
    I'm worried about you.
    Aminya pakulukata natu, atsi!
    Don't worry about me, grandma!

Usage notes[edit]

  • Unlike the English verb "to worry" (in the sense of "to be concerned about"), the Wauja verb akulukatapai can take a direct object.

References[edit]

  • E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.
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