Shiwilu Dictionary

117 enpu'ninchi
enpi'sha
enpi'pu' pro-form. never.
Enpi'pu' apetchi'nek. I
have never stolen.
Surinawek tekda'tek.
Nu'amudek enpi'pu'
wa'ten'i'ñidek. My niece is
always late. That is why we
never wait for her. cf: ñi
enpi'; cf: enpi'sha. (sem.
domains: 9.2.3.2 - Indefinite
pronouns.)
enpi'sha pro-form. never, not
ever. Enpi'sha kua lanla'
lli'i'nek. I have never seen a
whale. cf: ñi enpi'; cf:
enpi'pu'.
enpi'walekpi'nta' adv. forever.
Kua tekpa ñichek,
ñichek iyun, tunka,
etchu, lu'wellu, isekpila
ñichek, ukladekpenma'
uwapetchekpi'la
enpi'walekpi'nta'. I am
going to become ticks, I am
going to become mosquitoes,
big flies I will become, I am
going to be drinking your blood
forever.
enpu n. type of toad, "hualo"
toad. Enpu ka'lek akipi.
Enpu'nipa' iyalli. We eat
the "hualo" toad cooked in
patarashca. It is very good.
(sem. domains: 5.2 - Food,
1.6.1.4 - Amphibian.)
enpu'dun interrog. how much?
how many? ¿Enpu'dun
daper? How many are they?
¿Enpu'dun ekkilala
a'ñila? How old are you?
¿Enpu'dun pa'tulli nana
da'wala'lantek? How
much do those shoes cost?
enpu'dun i'na interrog. how
much, how many?
¿Enpu'dun i'na
wilalusa'? How many
children are they?
enpu'dun uklli interrog. how
many days? ¿Enpu'dun
ukllin tekdetchun
tanak? How many days are
you going to spend in the
jungle?
enpu'ni adv. very. Aweraman
latek enpu'ni denshipa'.
The teeth of the "chambira"
fish are very sharp.
Tekkinchi enpu'ni
mukankeinpi'ma nana
Arakayu. Arákayu is a good
man indeed. (sem. domains:
9.3 - Very.)
enpu'ni a'llupi adj. how large!
¡Enpu'ni a'llupi
menminpen ten! How
large is your garden!
enpu'ni iyashipa' interj. how
delicious! Kaiksha
Chiushaku'
peklu'nkudek
uklupideknen
a'ullundek. ¡Enpu'ni
iyashipa'! When our late
sister Teodomira called us, she
invited us her chicha punta.
How delicious!
enpu'ninchi adv. too much.
¡Enchuku', inlli'inuku'la'