akulukatapai
Wauja
editPronunciation
editVerb
editakulukatapai
- (intransitive) he/she/it worries, is concerned
- Aminya pakulukata. Akama yajo wiu. Aitsa minya kutowa.
- Don't worry. It's really dead [lit., it really died]. It won't wake up.
- [Said of a piranha just caught and clubbed, lying at our feet in the canoe.]
- Aminya pakulukata. Akama yajo wiu. Aitsa minya kutowa.
- (transitive) he/she/it worries, is concerned (about someone or something)
- Nakulakatapai pitsu.
- I'm worried about you.
- Aminya pakulukata natu, atsi!
- Don't worry about me, grandma!
- Nakulakatapai pitsu.
Usage notes
edit- Unlike the English verb "to worry" (in the sense of "to be concerned about"), the Wauja verb akulukatapai can take a direct object.
References
edit- E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.