painxanato

Wauja edit

Etymology edit

From pain (house) + okanato (its mouth): the doorway of the house.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌpaĩ.tjaˈna.tɨ/

Noun edit

painxanato

doorway (of a house)
Munyakawakawi, iyene painxanato.
When it was light [at dawn], [she] went to the doorway of the house.

Usage notes edit

Doorways are always the exterior front door or back door of the house. A traditional Wauja house consists of a very large single room, like a longhouse, but oval in shape and with very high ceilings. Such houses do not have interior rooms with doors.

References edit

Transcript of Itsautaku narrating the story of the "Man who Drowned in Honey," November 1989. Itsautaku's narration recorded for BBC film, The Storyteller.