Wauja

Noun

nutai

1. hammock cord, rope

   Au ha wani yiu, mata onutai yiu. Nutai, tirijijiji.

   [When that] was done, he fastened [one end of his] hammock cord [to a rafter in the men's house]. [He dropped the other end of the] rope [into the open grave]. Tirijijiji! [sound of the rope unfurling as it fell]

References

• "Au ha wani yiu" (transcript p. 14) uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey" (Paisityawalu) in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989.