akixekojatapai

Verb

 * 1)  he/she/it converses causes to speak
 * Aminya pakixekojata natu. Nunuka pitsu.
 * Don't start talking with me. [I'm in no mood to chat with you.] I'm mad at you.
 * Punupa otukaka, katapai otukake eu. Otukaka akixekojatapai han. Aya ewejeke kawoka. Hoona! uma. Ja toneju, aitsa kixekoja – ahaTAIN ta kixekojapai.
 * Her brother, you see, her brother was there. It was her brother that spoke with her. "Let's go play the flutes," [he said]. "Let's!" [she replied]. That woman, she did not speak [out], she spoke only very little [she spoke so softly that she was barely audible; she whispered].

Usage notes

 * The verb kixekojapai is used when one person (or non-human being) speaks or orates. When someone engages in dialog with others, the verb changes to akixekojatapai. Note that Wauja adds the prefix –a and suffix -ta as markers that the speaker is not merely speaking, but also "causing another to speak."

Related terms

 * (speaks)