Shiwilu Dictionary

er'winer' 120
ñitulli. This guava tree bore
fruit very low (without growing
very much). Wilapen
chichidek'apalli.
¡Er'witeknen akusun
a'ur'! Your child has diarrhea.
Boil the bark of the guava tree
and have him drink it! (sem.
domains: 1.5.1 - Tree, 2.5.7 -
Treat disease.) 2) guava fruit.
(sem. domains: 5.2.3.1.2 -
Food from fruit.)
er'winer' n. smooth-billed ani.
era'su'-lalansha' n. grapefruit.
Luciola kelli era'su'lalansha'.
Luciola brought
grapefruit. (sem. domains: 1.5
- Plant, 5.2.3.1.2 - Food from
fruit.)
erapalli (elli) vi. to be sour.
Asu' er'wi wawapi ñan
elli. Because this guava is
unripe it is sour. Asu'
kadu'lu'pi elli. This
"cocona" fruit is sour. Llimu'
erapalli. The lemon is sour.
(sem. domains: 2.3.3 - Taste.)
erenpuna, erenpunan ernpuna,
ernpunan
-erka cop. suffix that is added to
copulative verb and indicates
third person plural subject.
Nawa' nukerka
Shawikenma'. They are
Shawi Indians. (sem. domains:
9.2.9.1 - Verb affixes.)
-erkasu' -er'kasu'
-erkek -er'kek
-erken -er'ken
-erkenma' -er'kenma'
erkun n. son of a man. Kullan
erkun piwalalli'nen
pi'perchulli. Julián sewed
his son's pants. Akusupi
teklapin(en) nanetlli
Mañir erkunlek. Augusto's
daughter ran away with
Manuel's son. cf: willin.
(sem. domains: 4.1.9 -
Kinship.)
ernpuna, ernpunan
(erenpuna, erenpunan)
n. handle. Sunkiwek
ernpunanen nupektulli.
The handle of my machete
with a curved blade broke. cf:
pilli'tuna, pilli'tunan;
syn: pada'lu'.
erpatek n. nerve, tendon.
Erpatekwek llituntamun
damellawan-itekla
ña'pinta' lenmek'api'ñi.
Because I tore out the tendons
from my fingers they do not
move anymore. ¡Iner'ker'!
Ma'allipa' iner'a'sin
erpatekpenlusa'
yente'nchetchu,
tunetchu! Bend down! If you
bend down your nerves might
stretch and your pain might go
away. (sem. domains: 2.1 -
Body.)
erpilu'-kupiwan n. type of
snake, anaconda that lives in
high terrain. Da'wan katu'
llinllin ña'su' peklu'lek
mañilu', erpilu'kupiwan.
We call the snake that has two