agapai
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