agatapai

== Wauja == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ɰa.ta.paɪ/, [ˈa.ɰa.tɐ.paɪ] === Verb === agatapai (transitive) he/she/it names, summons, invokes (mentions by name, speaks the name of someone or something) Aminya pagatapai pinyatukojo okupona. Aminya! Pamonapaatatai. Itsapai aitsu. Don't [ever] say the name of your father-in-law. Do not! You must show only respect. That's our custom. Mainki, aitsa nagatapai pitsu... O, Corn, I refrain from uttering your name... [Wauja ritual invocation of the Corn Spirit.] ==== Related terms ==== agapai (“asks, questions”) ==== See also ==== oukapai (“calls, beckons”) ==== References ==== "Aminya pagatapai" written by Tukupe Waura, Facebook IM with E. Ireland, 10/09/2014. "Mainki" uttered by Wauja Chief Walakuyawatumpa, E. Ireland field notes, 1981-83.