agapai
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]agapai
Wauja
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]agapai
- (transitive) he/she/it asks, questions (someone)
- Kamani pagataitsa natu?
- Why are you asking me all these questions?
- Aminya paga outsa. Kohakala minya ipitsi.
- Don't ask [him] about that. It might offend him.
- Piye pago outsa! Nejo utayajopai, inyanka minya piyu.
- Go ask [her]! She knows all about that. She'll tell you.
- Kamani pagataitsa natu?
Related terms
[edit]- agatapai (“names, summons, invokes”)
See also
[edit]- takapapai (“replies, answers”)
References
[edit]- E. Ireland field notes, 1981-83