"kapojai" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Wauja]

IPA: /ka.pɨˈʐaɪ/
Head templates: {{head|wau|noun}} kapojai
  1. A type of traditional Wauja song, performed during certain sacred ceremonies, in which people are encouraged to voice their grievances and complaints, be they personal or political. Related terms: akapojatapai (english: sings a kapwojai song directed at a person or problem)
    Sense id: en-kapojai-wau-noun-zTz6I5QC Categories (other): Wauja entries with incorrect language header

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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow at dawn, the kapojai ceremony will be going on.",
          "text": "Meeneke kisuawakiya yetsopikitsa, kapojai yakapai."
        },
        {
          "english": "At the new moon, the kapojai ceremony will be going on.",
          "text": "Kejo poukeneu, kapojai yakawe yeetsopoa."
        },
        {
          "ref": "...Walama okapojala. Kapaipiyapai ipitsi amunaunki. Meyeityapai tumapai ulepe, meyeityapai tumapai usityui pessoalnaun ou. Oukaka Walama akapojatene inyaun wi: \"Natu amunaunpei, maka aitsa natu numeiyeitya. Maka Arawi keyeityapai tumapai ulepe, usityui.\" En, umapai okapojala katahan...[sings]",
          "text": "This is the kapojai song that Walama sang [before he became chief]. [The old chief at that time] had grown weary of his chiefly responsibilities. He no longer bothered to make bread [to distribute as a ceremonial sponsor]; nor did he bother to make manioc porridge to give his people to drink. So Walama [who was a young rising chief at that time] sang [about the other chief] in his kapojai song: \"Let me be chief; I won't be lazy. My wife Arawi is industrious; she'll make plenty of manioc bread and porridge.\" Eh, here’s how his song goes… [sings]"
        }
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        "A type of traditional Wauja song, performed during certain sacred ceremonies, in which people are encouraged to voice their grievances and complaints, be they personal or political."
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          "english": "sings a kapwojai song directed at a person or problem",
          "word": "akapojatapai"
        }
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        {
          "english": "Tomorrow at dawn, the kapojai ceremony will be going on.",
          "text": "Meeneke kisuawakiya yetsopikitsa, kapojai yakapai."
        },
        {
          "english": "At the new moon, the kapojai ceremony will be going on.",
          "text": "Kejo poukeneu, kapojai yakawe yeetsopoa."
        },
        {
          "ref": "...Walama okapojala. Kapaipiyapai ipitsi amunaunki. Meyeityapai tumapai ulepe, meyeityapai tumapai usityui pessoalnaun ou. Oukaka Walama akapojatene inyaun wi: \"Natu amunaunpei, maka aitsa natu numeiyeitya. Maka Arawi keyeityapai tumapai ulepe, usityui.\" En, umapai okapojala katahan...[sings]",
          "text": "This is the kapojai song that Walama sang [before he became chief]. [The old chief at that time] had grown weary of his chiefly responsibilities. He no longer bothered to make bread [to distribute as a ceremonial sponsor]; nor did he bother to make manioc porridge to give his people to drink. So Walama [who was a young rising chief at that time] sang [about the other chief] in his kapojai song: \"Let me be chief; I won't be lazy. My wife Arawi is industrious; she'll make plenty of manioc bread and porridge.\" Eh, here’s how his song goes… [sings]"
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