waku

Noun

 * 1) spider

Noun

 * 1) bath bathing place, river port or stream where people go to bathe
 * Aya waku nitsenu.
 * Let's go [to the] bathing [place] together. (lit., Let's go [to the] bathing [place] with me.)
 * Piye waku! Enupai kamo. Tsokojo pitsu!
 * Go bathe! The sun is high in the sky. You're [like] an agouti!
 * (Agoutis are tropical American rodents about the size of a rabbit. The Wauja say they avoid water.)
 * Kanaipai ninyeulu, tsala? Aitsa painyakupai. Iya waku papa itsenu.
 * Q: Where's my sister-in-law, dear boy? [addressing a nephew regarding his mom's whereabouts]. A: She's not home. She went to bathe with dad.
 * Anatapai umejo. Aitsa iyapai waku itsenu. Aitsa aintyapai umapiya, paponaku pata aintyapai. Anatatai.
 * [She] rejects her husband. [She] doesn't go to bathe with [him]. [She] doesn't eat his catch [the food he provides]; [she] eats only in her [parents'] house. [She] simply rejects [him].

Derived terms

 * (his/her/its years)

Noun

 * 1) muscle