onupapai

Verb

 * 1)  he/she/it sees perceives with the eyes; discerns visually
 * 2)  he/she/it understands discerns or deduces mentally after reflection or from information
 * Kitsimain, amunaun, kehoto wekeho, iyawi. Punupa, opukenejo, waka otanakatai yiu.
 * The first to go to greet [visiting guests] was the village chief. Now, you see, his people were seated behind the cermonial messengers.
 * Amunaun, kehoto wekeho, akamawiu, punuba opalutsato, itsityapeneme, iyeneme ... opoku miu. Punuba neke yamukunaunpai otain, aitsa neke ityehete. Pa uwein sityapene. Onaama, akamawiu, punuba, kata akama, otain -- nejo kitsimai pa, weke otain yiu, iyene pakojo opoku.
 * A chief, a principal chief, when he dies, you see, his co-chief, takes over for him, and takes his place. Now, you see, his sons are still children; they're not yet grown. So his replacement takes over. Then, when [the co-chief] dies, you see, the son of the one who died -- the first one [who died], well, that son has grown, and he takes his father's place.
 * A chief, a principal chief, when he dies, you see, his co-chief, takes over for him, and takes his place. Now, you see, his sons are still children; they're not yet grown. So his replacement takes over. Then, when [the co-chief] dies, you see, the son of the one who died -- the first one [who died], well, that son has grown, and he takes his father's place.

Usage notes
The two examples immediately above are describing chiefly office in the abstract (rules for ritual etiquette and idealized scenarios for succession). The audience could not "see" anything the narrator was describing.