Shiwilu Dictionary

1045 yuyu'wa
ancient Shiwilu ancestors
learned to play the fife (flute).
(sem. domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, "pi'ukachek"
pi'ukachek n. type of bird,
small bird with a black body
and white head. Pi'ukachek
i'na itullina'
uklulu'papermuchu'.
They call the "pi'ukachek" bird
"the one that carries manioc
beer on its head." (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, "porotohuango"
ukulun n. type of bird smaller
than the quail, "porotohuango."
Ulei'nchu ukulun
palenñanchi'ñi. It is not
going to rain because the
"porotohuango" bird is not
building its shelter. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, "sharara" wild
duck sharara' (Cocama?
sharara) n. type of bird,
"sharara" wild duck.
Sharara' i'na
samerka'tek. The "sharara"
duck eats fish. (sem. domains:
1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, "yacupatito"
pi'suwer n. type of bird,
"yacupatito" (lit. waterduck).
Pi'suwer pilli'tulek
Erpinek. I caught a
"yacupatito" duck in the Aipena
river. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.2 -
Bird.)
type of bird, black caracara
panwala-sha'ntek n. black
caracara, type of black bird.
Panwalasha'ntek
itullina' ala'sa' ulerwan
panwala tekpa ka'a'su'.
The black caracara bird is the
name of a heron that eats the
ticks of the tapir. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, black-fronted
nunbird duntu' n. type of bird,
black-fronted nunbird.
Duntui'na ilawañi
etchekpik. The blackfronted
nunbird lays its young
in the termite's nest. (Monasa
nigrifrons) (sem. domains:
1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, gaviota teretaña
kallilli-mutu' 2 n. type of bird,
gaviota teretaña. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, great tinamou
dunkululun n. type of bird,
great tinamou. Saldaño
kencha'lli tanaklan
dunkululun. Sadin
kalu'palli. Saldaño brought
great tinamou from the jungle.
His wife is cooking it. (Tinamus
major) (sem. domains: 5.2 -
Food, 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of bird, huanay
type of bird, jabiru
type of bird, montente
type of bird, montete musenpi (
muserenpi) n. type of bird,
"montete." Musenpi
tuwekllipalli peklan. The
"montete" bird sings all night