onaatsa

Preposition

 * 1) from a place or position
 * Ka onaatsa piya ja akain yiu? uma pakai ipitsi. Katsa ja wa kainyalawapai yiu? uma pa kai ipitsi.
 * "From where did you get that piqui [fruit]?" he demanded [of] it [the parrot]. "What is that smell? he demanded [of] it.
 * Ka onaatsa pitsuaha?
 * From where have you arrived? (Where have you come from?)

Adverb

 * 1) here at this place or position
 * 2) after that, next, afterward
 * Kata aitsa pawatupawa, kata inyaunauntope, kata inyauntope, aitsa wa, aitsa akitsawakatapai... AmunauNAUN, amunaunaun, dez kata amunaunaun, amunaunaun hatiu. Paunwaun ohapaitsa, akitsatapai kehoto yiu. Nejo kehoto wekehopei. Onaatsa, akamawi, punuba opalutsato, itsityapeneme, iyeneme ... opokumiu.
 * All the ordinary people, the whole population, they don't concern themselves with these things... Only the CHIEFS, the chiefs, only ten or so of them who are of chiefly rank. One among them watches over the land. That one is [the] principal chief [lit., keeper of the land]. Then, [when he has] died, you see, his co-chief takes over for him [relieves him] in turn, and takes his place.
 * Akamapai, aitsa neke amunauntapai. Inyaun opalutsato, kehoto wekehopei. Onaatsa weke otainyaun, punuba inyaun akamawamiu, amunaun akamawamiu, punuba otain, iya kehoto wekehopei. Itsatai.
 * [If a chief's sons are still children when] he dies, they are not yet made chief. The co-chief [the partner of the late principal chief] becomes principal chief. Afterwards, the children of the first chief are grown, you see; the co-chief also [eventually] will die, and so then the grown sons of the first chief will become chief. That's how it is.
 * [If a chief's sons are still children when] he dies, they are not yet made chief. The co-chief [the partner of the late principal chief] becomes principal chief. Afterwards, the children of the first chief are grown, you see; the co-chief also [eventually] will die, and so then the grown sons of the first chief will become chief. That's how it is.

Usage notes

 * When onaatsa is used in the phrase meaning "here," the term ojo (this, now) must precede onaatsa. Without ojo, onaatsa means merely "from" or "after".
 * The term co-chief (opalutsato) embraces a wide range of connotations, including partner, opposite, and opponent.
 * Aruta uses the Portuguese term dez (ten) instead of the rarely heard Wauja equivalent, mepiaunwaun wojoku.