uwein

Noun

 * 1) replacement, successor
 * 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.
 * Pitsu papatumpa akamawi, uweinpei Yuta. Uweinpei Yuta.
 * Your late father [Chief Walakuyawa] died, and his replacement is Yuta [his son].
 * 1) substitute