Shiwilu Dictionary

-i'n 124
wore the traditional wrapped
skirt.
-i'n v. > v. suffix that attached to
the verb indicates negation;
not. Ulei'nchu ukulun
palenñanchi'ñi. It is not
going to rain because the
"porotohuango" bird is not
building its shelter. Tanak
Rodolfo laman lli'an
dunwelli. Kasek'i'ñi. In
the jungle Rodolfo saw the
white-lipped peccary and
followed it, but he did not catch
it.
=i'na prt. focus particle; and, but.
Unma' i'na samer
a'llupi. The arapaima is a
large fish. Kaikshawek
a'ñilli alei'teklunshunka'
inkatu' ekkilala.
Kui'na a'ñilek
alei'teklun-shunka'
katu' ekkilala. My older
sister is fifty-four years old,
and I am fifty-two.
Kalu'ta'masu' nakusu'
kaka'lli. Kuaki'na
u'chimu, ñi kakei'ñi
nakusu'. The meat you have
boiled is salty. Mine in contrast
is good, it is not too salty.
(sem. domains: 9.6.3.6 -
Markers of focus, 9.6.3.2 -
Markers of emphasis , 9.6.3 -
Discourse markers.)
i'seklalu'-mama' n. colorful
yam. Petasha kutunen
i'seklalu'mama'pu'su'.
Petronila's dress is the color of
the colorful yam. (sem.
domains: 1.5 - Plant, 5.2.3.1.5
- Food from roots.)
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' i'seklu'ker.
Ipa'li'na wetlli. The late
ancestors had "sábalo"
manioc. Now it has
disappeared. cf: ilellada;
syn: nanseklu'-ker'. (sem.
domains: 5.2.3.1.5 - Food from
roots.)
*i'shapalli (i'shilli) vt. to dress
oneself, to wear clothes or
ornaments. Nana nadi'nek
kapiser'llu'sa' i'shilli.
That young man only wears
very old clothes. Kua
i'shilek kutunwek. I
already put on my dress. Kua
awawek wadekllun
Shiwiluk, napi'pu'
shaya'lusa' kalantek
i'shapa'ser' i'la. I was born
in Jeberos, in those times
when women still wore the
traditional wrapped skirt. Pulu
si'yektapalli kullikernen
kapi yamapa'tan sadin
i'sha'su'. Pablo is saving
money to buy a piece of cloth
so his wife can wear it. Midu
i'shilli unkenñen
tamanetchu'su'. She has
put the necklace around her
neck. val.: *i'shitapalli.