ahamaitsapai

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.haˈmaɪ.t͡sa.paɪ/, [a.haˈmaɪ.t͡sɐ.paɪ]

Verb

ahamaitsapai

1. (intransitive) he/she/it runs, flees

   Ahamaitsapai kyanka.

   [She] is running hard; [she] is running at full speed.

   Inyaunaun — ukutakonawi, kitsimai. Ukutakona wi — tsik! Paa, ahamaitsawi ipisulu.

   First, everyone shot [the caiman spirit being] full of arrows. They shot him — tsik! went their arrows. The women [who were his lovers] fled [in terror].

References

• "Inyaunaun — ukutakonawi" (transcript pp. 66-67) uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, as he recounted the traditional tale, the "Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989.
• "Ahamaitsapai kyanka" from E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.