yaka

yaka englanniksi

1. he, she, it, him, her

2. his, her, its

3. to walk

4. (ja-romanization of)

5. (taxfmt) (pepper)

(syn)

6. nose

7. nevertheless

8. furthermore

9. collar

(uxi)

10. side (of a district or geographical feature)

11. edge of a sail

12. spectacled (White or common) caiman, caimans, (taxfmt).

''Yaka WEke. Ah, kawikaapapai ka jouhan! ... Yakakuma jano han!''

was a gigantic caiman. Ah, he was terrifying indeed, that one! ....The Caiman Spirit, he was!

''Iye ejekujata ipitsi, ayakatapai umapai. EjekuJAtapai tonejunaun. Ipitsi ja umapai: ayakatawi.''

''Kamani iya yaka okaho?''

''Itsa ejekuJAtapai, ententsapai kupato. Ipitsi inyaun wi, kata inyaun, kata enojanaun, iya ayakata, umakonapai yiu whun, iya ententsapai papisulu.''

Mayanu: When someone goes to await someone — that's what ''ayakatapai'' means. men wait patiently a long time for women. That's what we call ''ayakatapai''.

asks why the word mentions the caiman.

Kaomo: That's how caimans wait, motionless — they're on the lookout for fish. So say the same thing about those people, those men, who go to await their lovers, stand alert and motionless, waiting for the women come out of their houses.

13. to assart, to clear (trees and plants) from a field or garden in slash-and-burn agriculture

14. tree

15. wood