Kuanua Journey

Winawana (Travel, Journey)

Ismae K. Isikel 12/12/2017
Edited13/12/2017

Winawana is formed from the word wana that means go, walk. Winawana means travel or journey, a long journey by foot or sea. Well, today one may include truck and airplane as means of travel.

Present continuous tense of wana is wanawana. Past tense of wana are stated as 1. ga wana; 2. iga wana; 3. tar wana; and 4.itar wana. These are past tense indicators and are used as separate words before the verbs to indicate action in the past.

Tense rules:

1. To change a verb to present continuous tens, repeat the first two or three letters of the verb.

Example:     wana  = wanawana      walk = walking
                  warwut = warwarwut     run  = running 
                  tangi = tangtangi          cry = crying
                  long = lolong/loalong    steal = stealing
                 warwul = warwarwul      swear = swearing
                 walua = walwalua          shake = shaking
                 gire = giregire/giragire    see = seeing


2. To change a verb to past tense add the past tense indicator as a separate word before the verb.

Example:   wana =  ga wana         walked
                              iga wana        He/She walked. 
                              itar wana       He/She is gone
 
There is another meaning of wanawana. A walking aid is called a wanawana. A walking stick, for example. A wanawana is also called a tututuk.

Example Usage of winawana and wana:

1. Iau gire nabung i wanawana.      I saw him/her yesterday walking.

 The words used in sentence structure:
Iau (I); gire (saw); nabung (yesterday); i (him/her); wanawana (walking).

2. a. Wakir una wana.         You are not going.
   b. Wakir ina wana.           I am not going.
   c. Wakir ina wanawana.   I am not going to travel by foot

 Sentence structure of 2.a: Wakir (not); una (you will); wana (go).

Meanings of wakir: will not, not, none, patana (Raluana), patai/pate, (Boawa)

3. a,  Una wana uti.           You come here
   b.  Wana uti.                   Come here
   c.  Una wana uwe?         Where are you going?
   d.  Ina wana nagunan.     I am going home.
   e.  Wingaia una wana?   When will you go? When are you going?

Tama is a word that is used in association with winawana and it means items carried for sustenance on a journey.  Another meaning of tama is father.

A tama ai ra winawana: a iawa ma tup. iki

Bona winawana. Good traveling.