yamukutai

Noun

 * 1) child prepubescent person of either gender
 * 2) junior, younger in comparison to someone
 * 3) junior people, followers in relation to the speaker
 * 1) junior people, followers in relation to the speaker
 * 1) junior people, followers in relation to the speaker

Usage notes

 * "Yamukunaun... yeteme natu..." is the time-honored opening phrase of formal oratory delivered, usually at dawn or dusk, by the principal chief to the community at large. When used in chiefly oratory in this way, only the plural form, yamukunaun, is used, never the singular yamukutai.


 * Because Wauja of all ages are customarily enjoined to comply with the wise advice of their elders, the chief's orations gain added authority when he addresses the entire village as his juniors. Of course, he can do this only if they actually are his juniors, which happened to be the case during Chief Walakuyawatumpa's tenure during 1981-83, and for some years before and after.

Derived terms

 * (children)
 * (all the children)

Related terms

 * (adolescent male)
 * (adolescent female)