Shiwilu Dictionary

yuyu'wa 1052
my field. (Cortaderia selloana)
(sem. domains: 1.5.3 - Grass,
herb, vine.)
type of herb, grass with sharp
teeth
type of herb, grass with sharp
teeth, cortadera
type of heron ku'luluntek n. type
of bird, type of heron,
"corocoro" heron.
Ku'luluntek
dasu'dekpilli' peklapalli
kuru kuru, kuru kuru.
The corocoro heron sings
"coro coro, coro coro" at dawn.
(sem. domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.);
wapapa'tek n. type of heron,
huapapa. Wapapa'tek i'na
samer ka'tek. The
"huapapa" heron eats fish.
(sem. domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
type of iguana ikiwa n. type of
iguana. Ikiwa
lalumekwawamekpu'a's
u', nanpiapalli
nalamululusek. The
"salamanca" is green and lives
in the tops of the trees. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.3.2 - Lizard.)
type of insect, "panguihuala"
pankiwala n. type of edible
insect that lives in a hole in the
soil, "panguihuala."
Pankiwala lupa'lalak
nanpia'su'. The
"panguihuala" insect lives in a
hole in the soil. Ya' ka'lek
pankiwala ketchalek.
Yesterday I ate "panguihuala"
insect with manioc. clf: la4.
(sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 -
Insect.)
type of insect, panguihuala
type of less poisonous "isula"
ant sawa n. type of less
poisonous "isula" ant. Sawa
deksulapu'su' ikeri'ñi,
adawa'la'su' ikelli. The
(bite of the) "isula sawa" ant
does not hurt like the (bite of
the) "isula" ant, it hurts only
mildly. cf: deksula. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
type of less poisonous hunting
ant
type of manioc
type of manioc, " sábalo"
manioc nanseklu'-ker' n. type
of manioc that used to be
known by the Shiwilu whose
interior was different colors
(white, yellow and purple). It is
said that it was the color of the
"sábalo" or "nansek" fish.
Napi'ku'lusa' a'ñillina'
nanseklu'ker. Ipa'li'na
wetlli. The late ancestors
had "sábalo" manioc. Now it
has disappeared. syn:
i'seklu'ker'; cf: ilellada.
(sem. domains: 5.2.3.1 - Food
from plants, 1.5.2 - Bush,
shrub.)
type of manioc, "sábalo"
manioc i'seklu'ker' n. type of
manioc that used to be known
by the Shiwilu whose interior
was different colors (white,
yellow and purple). It is said
that it was the color of the
"sábalo" or "nansek" fish.
Napi'ku'lusa' a'ñillina'