Shiwilu Dictionary

417 *siwer'apalli
sisek
Tanak pa'an, amantek
di'tulli, nerpi'pu' laman
ilañin. Serafina knew how to
shoot. When going to the
jungle she killed collaredpeccary
and sometimes even
white-lipped peccary.
sisek (si'sek) n. porcupine.
Sisek anpulu'nen
lawanpu'lli. The
porcupine's hair is like
needles. (sem. domains:
1.6.1.9 - Small animals.)
*siselli *siserapalli
*siserapalli (*siselli) vt. to
suck. Iyun sisellun
Lagunaskek. The night
mosquitoes bit me in Lagunas.
Idimunanwek kerkera'tulli
tunkawalaler
siseran. The bobonero fly
left black spots on my sheet by
sucking it. cf: *werapalli;
val.: *a'siserapalli.
*siwe'chapalli *siwetchapalli
*siwe'chulli *siwetchapalli
siwella (Spn. cebolla) n. onion.
Siwella deklutetchek. I
will slice onion. (sem. domains:
5.2.3.1 - Food from plants.)
siwenña-munchi n. type of bird,
little dove. Mishuwek ka'lli
siwenñamunchi
pektawapa'kasu'. My cat
ate the little dove that I was
raising. cf: munchi. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
siwenña, siwenñan
(siwenñansi) n. 1) type of
cane. Siwenñan u'chimu
chintennan nu'ter,
peksa'terunta'. The
"siwenñan" cane is good to
make ladders and also beds. 2)
container for darts. Napi'
Achimu siwenñanenkek
mucha'palli pitellu
senñilek, nanekla
pektunanen, shunpula
ilak. Before, Artemio's
"siwenña" container was filled
with cotton, darts, and a
blowgun so that he could kill
small birds. (sem. domains: 1.5
- Plant.)
siwenñanlu' n. area where
siwenña cane grows.
Siwenñanlu' ñi ma'nen
pa'api'ñi. Where siwenña
cane grows no animal walks.
clf: lu'1.
siwenñansi siwenña,
siwenñan
siwenñantek n. marona board.
Napi' kerapencha'llina'
siwenñantek llisanpi
Erpinekla
yauku'latanna'. Before
they brought cut marona
boards from the Aipena river to
sell. clf: tek2.
*siwer'apalli (*siwer'lli) vi. to
help sb., to save sb. Denler
siwer'i'ñi asu' Atilio,
ser'kulek idenmapasik.
Nobody saved/helped Atilio