Shiwilu Dictionary

347 pekwiker' penku
*pekwiapalli (*pekwilli) vt. to
clean. Rubikasha misa'
pekwiapalli. Robertina is
cleaning the table.
pekwiker' (pekwir') vt. clean it!
¡Pekwir' du'nanlusa',
ipia'la peklu'dek'a'kasu'
weketchuna'! Clean the
benches, the guests will arrive
now! (sem. domains: 9.4.3.1 -
Imperative .)
*pekwilli *pekwiapalli
pekwir' pekwiker'
*pelli *perapalli
pen1 n. 1) fire. Dei'tanna', pen
dintunna',
aku'lalatullina'. They killed
him, stoked the fire, and put
him inside. 2) light, electric
light. Ma'sha ñi'ñi pen
Shiwiluk. There is no
electric light in Jeberos.
pen2 clf. man, male. Mañir i'na
ekdusipen. Manuel is a
widower. Tekkuapenñina'.
These male ones are scared.
¡Ala'pen enka'u! Give me
a man/a male one! clf. for:
apenñanpen, inapipen,
kawa'sekpen, ker'pen,
ker'pentaspi, ekdusipen,
u'cha'payapen,
*weipenapilalli,
menminpen, ala'pen,
amadi'pen, paterkapen,
Shiwilupen, Tanpen,
tunka'pen, Shawipen,
perchekpen, shipen,
kenma'pen, dadapupen,
apisadatutekpen,
mudupen.
-pen nom. your, possessive suffix
for second person singular.
Wilapenler wilawek
pita'kalli. Your son pushed
my son. Ipa'la wadunpi
mama' enketchek
sadanpen akusuichin
ka'a'mak. Now I will give the
selected yams to your wife so
that she cooks it and you both
eat. (sem. domains: 9.2.9.2 -
Noun affixes.)
pen usu'na, pen usu'nan n.
matches. Dunkerku' pen
usu'nan dunalli
a'tenter', yakasi'setlli.
Look for the matches to light
up the torch, it is getting dark.
pen-dakila n. burning coal.
¡A'lerker' nana
tankumer'pi nana
pendakilek! Roast that ripe
plantain in burning coal!
pendalu' n. ash. Musui'ma
ukllishin uksuketchulli,
pendalu'sa' llia'lli. It
burned well until dawn, only
ashes remained. clf: lu'1.
penku n. duck. Penkuwek
taker'llina',
kaluwi'nenler
lliker'chudeklli. The
plague consumed my ducks, it
killed them. (sem. domains:
1.6.1.2 - Bird.)