aunaki

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ.naˈki/

Noun

aunaki

1. story (traditional story about the origins of things)

   Ehen. Aunaki jahan. Nonyanke yiyu aunaki.

   Yes. This is a story. I will tell you all a story.

Derived terms

• aunakitsapai (“tells a story”)

References

• "Ehen. Aunaki" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey," in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript p. 1.