Shiwilu Dictionary

271 mer'min-mer'min menmi, menmin tapalli
domains: 6.2.2 - Land
preparation.)
menmi, menmin n. garden,
field. Menminwekkek
ñapalli mama', kuyekla,
asila, lawamama',
teklada. In my field there are
potatoes, dale-dales, inchahui
palm trees, potatoes with
spines, piquimandi. (sem.
domains: 6.2.2 - Land
preparation.)
*menmilalatapalli
(*menmilalatulli) vi. to
slash the field. Wallinchi
menmilalatulli. Valentín
slashed the field. (sem.
domains: 6.2 - Agriculture.)
*menmilalatulli
*menmilalatapalli
menminlun n. woman who
works in the field. Kua
menminlunku. I am a
woman who works in the field.
clf: lun; cf: menminpen.
(sem. domains: 6.2 -
Agriculture.)
menminpen n. man who works
in the field. Kua
menminpenku nuka'ka. I
am a man who works in the
field. clf: pen2; cf:
menminlun. (sem. domains:
6.2 - Agriculture.)
=mentu, =entu first. ¡Mañir
lamapu'ter'! Nanamentu
yutullen. Shout at Manuel!
He shouted at you first.
Eksu'ker' nana ker'
nanentu
kencha'a'masu'. Peel the
manioc that you brought first.
*mer'chapalli (*mer'chulli;
*metchulli; *me'chulli;
*metchapalli;
*me'chapalli) vi. to
be(come) ripe. Kudekler
ka'apalli kanerpi
mer'chusik. The night
monkey is eating the fruit of
"the rotten orange" tree that
has become ripe. Asu'
senpa mer'chulli. This
pineapple is ripe. Ikiñek
menmik serenpa
metchapalli. ¡Makunker!
In the middle of the field the
pineapple is ripening. Go and
bring it!
*mer'chulli *mer'chapalli
*mer'llu'tapalli
(*mer'llu'tulli) vi. to soften
a fruit. Awapi me'chek.
Me'cha'su' mer'llu'tusik
ka'awa'. I am going to
harvest "chopé" fruit. When
what I harvest softens we are
going to eat it. clf: lu'2.
*mer'llu'tulli *mer'llu'tapalli
mer'min-mer'min tapalli
(mer'min-mer'min tulli)
vi. to twist one's lips in disgust.
Tasellunwek nudu'tek.
Ma'nen yaka'inpu'a'su'
lli'an mer'min-mer'min
tulli. My daughter-in-law is
picky. When she sees
something that does not