etemepei

== Wauja == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛˈtɛ.mɛ.peɪ/ === Verb === etemepei (transitive) he/she/it hears (something or someone) Malalakuawi kyankan. Etemekonawi. It made a lot of noise. Everybody heard. Yeyawa, ejekewi yuruna, maka aitsa etemepei, maka homakapai kyankan. In the dead of night, [the female captive] cast a spell over the Juruna [her captors], causing them to sleep deeply, so they would not hear [her escape]. (transitive) he/she/it listens, pays attention, heeds (advice or counsel) Yamukunaun ... yeteme natu ... O ye children, hear me .... [formal chiefly oration addressing community at large] Kamani aitsa peteme natu? Kamani itsapai pitsu? Why don't you listen to me? Why are you acting like that? (transitive) he/she/it understands, comprehends (something or someone) Petemepei nukaintsixu? Do you understand my thinking? [i.e., what I am talking about, proposing, formulating] Netemepeiyiu. Netemepeiyiu pitsuwiu. I do understand. Indeed I understand you. (transitive) he/she/it understands, comprehends (is fluent in a language) Etemepei wauja? Does [he] speak Wauja? Etemepei kyankan. [He] speaks it well. === References === "Netemepeiyiu. Netemepeiyiu pitsuwiu" written by Huukai Waura, schoolteacher in Ulupuene village, during Facebook IM with E. Ireland, 9/14/2014.