Shiwilu Dictionary

nantapitek 294
nantapir' nantapiker'
nantapitek nom. 1) strong.
Tanluwa Kekkilek
inyutapallina' den ipa'
a'pinta' nantapitek
tanna'. The Wind and the
Sun were disputing which of
them was the strongest.
Nantapitekler pitenñi
wa'anla. The strong man
carried the tree for the
"umisha." syn:
natapipa'su'. 2) brave.
Pillipi enmu'pinen
nantapitek, di'tulli
serku. Felipe is a brave man,
he killed an anteater.
nantatek nom. stiff, hard, rigid,
hard to bend. Kartuntek
nantatek,
pikatu'nanwi'ñi.
Cardboard is stiff, it does not
bend easily. (sem. domains:
8.3.2 - Texture.)
nantek n. bottom, inside. Pawi
metchusik malek,
pekchinkak, aku'dektak,
pamu'lek. Nu'tak ensik
ekkadek aku'tudek
nantekñik. When the "pawi"
squash is ripe, it is picked, it is
cut in half, it is put in water,
and it is washed. Later, when it
is dry, one pours leche caspi
sap inside (to seal the pores).
(sem. domains: 8.6.4 - Inner
part, 8.6.2.1 - Bottom.)
nanwiyu' n. airplane.
Alakanter Yurimawek
pa'lli nanwiyuk. The
mayor traveled to Yurimaguas
by plane. cf: wa'napi 1) .
(sem. domains: 6.7.9 -
Machine.)
nanwiyu' wa'anen n. pilot.
Nana senñula'sha
yasudatulli nanwiyu'
wa'anenlek. That young
lady is going to marry the pilot.
(sem. domains: 6.6.8 - Working
with machines.)
*ñapalli (ñilli) vi. 1) there is,
there are, to exist, to live, to be
there. Yurimawa' kawi
kupin mutu'pi ñapalli,
nanek kelluluñiñi'
nanpiwiñi. Close to
Yurimaguas there is a big hill.
There were black pumas there.
Chiter' teralek ñilli. I
planted corn and it has
produced (exists). Shiwiluk
la'pi ñi'ñi. Simírkekda'
mapa'kuñina'. There are
no stones in Jeberos. People
go get them from Varadero. 2)
auxiliary verb. Shiwilu la'la'
ñinchilu'nma'su' ñilli,
inluntunansu'. If you knew
how to speak Shiwilu, we
would be having a
conversation. Ipa' asu'
nta'ka ka'nansinmu'wa',
kenmu'wa'
inlli'nuinpu'a'kawa'su'
ñilli. Now this (jaguar) would
have devoured us already had
we not taken the necessary
precaution. (sem. domains:
9.1.1.1 - Exist.)