juu¹ “hello!”, “hey!”, interjection used at the beginning of an [...]

• • “hello!”, “hey!”, interjection used at the beginning of an interaction to greet someone, or to attract their attention, e.g., when approaching someone’s house in order to speak to them, or in response to a conversational opening of a similar sort, similar to the use of “yes” or “yeah” in English

  Grammar Note

  This interjection is normally produced above the normal pitch range for a speaker, often in a falsetto voice

  • • Example 37:
      

      Juu, saakaá tɨɨ, ajáaja?

      Yeah, what is it, husband?

    • Example 464:
      

      Juu, kw=árata ɨɨyáana Ruríinsa, jaa kia=iníkarɨɨ?

      Hey, my fellow Lorenzo, have you woken up already?