Shiwilu Dictionary

663 yuyu'wa
dek2. (sem. domains: 2.2.8 -
Defecate, feces.)
diced fish samerchek (
sametchek; same'chek)
nom. diced fish. ¡Asu'
sametchek akunter'
kusinak! Put this diced fish
in the kitchen! (sem. domains:
5.2.1 - Food preparation.)
dictionary kirka' lawer'lla'la' ñak
n. dictionary. A'metchala
llinsetchapalekwa'
kirka' lawer'lla'la' ñak.
Little by little we are writing the
dictionary.
die *chiminpalli ( *chimiñi) vi. to
die. Lutalunwek chimiñi
nana malek sadawek
wellek'apalli. My motherin-law
has died, for that reason
my wife is weeping. Shiwilu
la'la' ñinchilu'nkudeksu'
chimianpilallidek. Those
of us who know how to speak
Shiwilu are dying. (sem.
domains: 2.6.6 - Die.);
*tektu'tapalli ( *tektu'tulli) vi.
to expire, to die. Yu'sha
Alliku ipa' tektu'tapalli.
Old brother Alejandro is
expiring (said by a woman).
Tuna'pilan, tuna'pilan
tektu'tulli. Becoming silent
little by little, he died. cf:
*talektapalli.
die for a short while and come
back to life *talektapalli (
talektulli) cf: *talek'apalli.
vi. to die for a short while and
come back to life. Yu'sha
Alliku talektulli. The old
Alejandro was dying and came
back to life (woman speaking).
Inmulluwek ima dekpilli
talektulli. Talektan
nerinunta'lli. It is said that
my sister-in-law died
momentarily last night, and
came back to life. After almost
dying, she breathed again. cf:
*tektu'tapalli.
die out, fade away *taker'apalli (
*take'lli; *taketlli; *taker'lli)
vi. to die out, to fade away.
Penkuwek taker'llina',
kaluwi'nenler
lliker'chudeklli. My ducks
died out, the plague finished
them. Shiwilu la'la'
ñinchilu'nkudeksu'
taker'apilallidek,
chimianpilallidek. Those
of us who know how to speak
Shiwilu are fading away, we
are dying.
different ner another.
Nerpidekkek llia'lli. He
stayed in another house. ;
nerpi'la nom. different. Napi'
Shiwilulunlusa'nta'
Shawilunpu'su' kalantek
nu'tullina'. Llinsenñen
i'na nerpi'la. In the past the
Shiwilu women also made
wrapped skirts like the Shawi
women. However, the designs
were different.
difficult saka'dek adj. hard,
difficult. Saka'dek nun
nu'tulek. Making a canoe is