kamalajo

== Wauja == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.maˈla.ʐɨ/ === Adjective === kamalajo true, accurate ((in accordance with notions of fact, reality, or what actually happened) right, correct ((in accordance with notions of fact or reality) === Adverb === kamalajo truly === Interjection === kamalajo really? is that so? (used to question a remark or ask for more detail about it) really, certainly, absolutely, that is so. (used to affirm a prior statement) Awatukojo oyakaimato ja Yakawiwitsiu. Kamalajo? Kamalajo! [Aruta, Wauja elder:] [They] were contemporaries of our ancestors, those Yakawiwita [people]. [anthropologist:] Really? [Aruta:] Really! ==== Antonyms ==== minyuli (“lie”) ==== Derived terms ==== kamalajoki (“truth”) === References === "Kamalajo" uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, recounting Wauja history in the presence of his son and nephew. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, 4/25/96, transcript page 9. Other utterances from E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.