kapaka

Wauja edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ka/

Adverb edit

kapaka

yesterday
Kapaka ninya kupatotaku wiu. Mepiaunwaun numapiya, yuluma, tsiaitsapa.
Yesterday I went fishing. I caught two: piranha, bass.
yester-, previous, last
Kapaka kejo iyaha. Aitsa neke ogakuawiu.
[He] went last month. [He] hasn't yet returned.

Katsa wakiya piyawiu? Kapaka kamokawa.
Q: When did you go? A: Last year.

Onyankakonaha raiu onakutsa, kapaka otojawaintsa.
They said it over the radio day before yesterday.

Usage notes edit

Kapaka can be used in combination with other words, such as kejo (month, moon) or kamokawa (year) to denote an extent of time one period prior to the present period, the nature of the period being specified by the second element of the compound. In addition, it can combine with the adverb otojawaintsa to denote the day before yesterday.

Antonyms edit

meeneke kisuawakiya (“tomorrow”)

Derived terms edit

kapakatsa (“recently, lately”)

Related terms edit

kapaka kamokawa (“last year”)
kapaka kejo (“last month”)
kapaka otojawaintsa (“day before yesterday”)

References edit

E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker