etemepei

Verb

 * 1)  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].
 * 1)  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?
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  he/she/it understands, comprehends is fluent in a language
 * Etemepei wauja?
 * Does [he] speak Wauja?
 * Etemepei kyankan.
 * [He] speaks it well.