nejo

See also: неё

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ʐɨ/

Pronoun

nejo

1. that, those (used to indicate a person or thing as pointed out or present, mentioned before, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis)

   Piyanka nu aunaki maka nuuti.

   Ahan, naunakitsepei pitsu wi... NuutTApai yiu ... Yakaojokuma.

   Yakaojokuma, nejo piyanke nu.

   Nejo nuutapai han.

   [Young man:] Tell me [a] story so I'll know [it].

   [His father:] All right, I'll tell you [a] story... [One] I know is ... [the] Caiman Spirit.

   [Young man:] Tell me that [one], [about the] Caiman Spirit.

   [Father:] That [one] I know.

   Sejui oto, nejo ka weye yejo wa pai. Weye yejo wa pai. Tapojui oto, aitsa wa ha.

   The younger sister's pussy, that [one] really made you tingle. It really did. The older sister's pussy wasn't like that.

   Kanai katou no?

   Katsa onai ha yi, tya! Itsatai yai nu jano... Itsatai jano han, itsatai han. Katebe agatakona okupwona, nejo ya han, umakona, aitsa wa han.

   [Audience member interrupting a storyteller:] Where was this, anyway? [Where did it happen?]

   [Storyteller:] Where indeed! I wonder myself. What I have told you is all that I know... That's how the story goes, that's just how it is. It's not as if long ago people spoke the name [of that place], as if they said, that indeed is [the] name. It's not like that.

References

• All examples uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, and his son Peyeeto, as Aruta recounted the traditional tale, "The Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989. "Piyanka nu" (p. 2 of the transcript), "Sejui oto" (p. 36), " Kanai katiu no" (p. 16).