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单词 painxanato
释义

painxanato

Wauja

Etymology

From pain (house) + okanato (its mouth): the doorway of the house.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaĩ.tjaˈna.tɨ/

Noun

painxanato

  1. doorway (of a house)
    Munyakawakawi, iyene painxanato.
    When it was light [at dawn], [she] went to the doorway of the house.

Usage notes

Doorways are always the exterior front door or back door of the house. A traditional Wauja house consists of a very large single room, like a longhouse, but oval in shape and with very high ceilings. Such houses do not have interior rooms with doors.

References

  • Transcript of Itsautaku narrating the story of the "Man who Drowned in Honey," November 1989. Itsautaku's narration recorded for BBC film, The Storyteller.
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