atukutapai

Verb

 * 1)  he/she/it summons, beckons someone
 * Atukutapai waka okaho.
 * [The chief] would summon [him to] greet [the] ceremonial messengers.
 * Mana tuuka onaniwhan ... umapai ipitsi. Amunaun umatakonapai. Itsa atukutakonapai, oukapai waka.
 * Come and give drink to these who are here ..." he [called out] to [his co-chief and younger brother]. That's what is said to a chief. That's how [a chief] is summoned, to greet the ceremonial messengers [on behalf of the host village].
 * ... iyawe kwakwoho onaku wi. AITsa inyaun waka wi, aitsa wi. Ejekepei – tsan tsan tsan tsan atukutawakatapai yiu.
 * She went inside the men's house. There was absolutely no one there, no one there at all. She began to play – tsan tsan tsan tsan [humming of the flute] – she was [causing the flute to] summon all her companions [lit., summon in every direction, on all sides].
 * 1)  he/she/it invites someone
 * 2)  he/she/it chooses, selects, prefers someone or something
 * Katsa patukutapai?
 * Which [of these items] do you choose?
 * Itsa natukutapai.
 * I choose this one.
 * 1)  he/she/it wants, desires an outcome
 * 2)  he/she/it chooses, accepts, endorses someone for political office
 * 1)  he/she/it chooses, accepts, endorses someone for political office
 * 1)  he/she/it chooses, accepts, endorses someone for political office