ejekujata

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˌʐɛ.kuˈʐa.ta/

Verb

ejekujata

1. (transitive) he/she/it awaits (something or someone)

   Iye ejekujata, ipitsi, ayakatapai umapai. EjekuJAtapai tinejunaun. Ipitsi ja umapai: ayakatawi.

   [The caiman spirit] went to lie in wait, that's what 'ayakatapai' means. He waited and waited for the women [to approach him]. That's what [ayakatawi] means: he waited [motionless like a caiman].

2. (intransitive) he/she/it waits

   Nejekujatatai.

   I'm just waiting.

References

• "Iye ejekujata, ipitsi" uttered by Mayanu Waura while discussing Aruta Waura's narration of the story of Yakaijokuma (caiman spirit and the origin of piqui), November 1989. Aruta's narration recorded in BBC film, "The Storyteller."