Shiwilu Dictionary

65 chiter'lla chuchu
chiter', chiter n. corn, maize.
Chiter' i'na u'chimu
ukdinu'ki uklupidek
nu'tek. Corn is good for
chewing to make a paste for
chicha punta. (Zea mays)
(sem. domains: 1.5 - Plant,
5.2.3.1 - Food from plants, 5.2
- Food.)
chiter'lla n. corn kernel.
Pachiya' luwantulek
nerpi'pu' chiter'lla
awinenchek. Sometimes a
wooden tub is needed to dry
the corn kernels in the sun. clf:
la3.
chiter'walek (*walek2) n.
common corn, corn of the
ancestors. Shiwilu
chiter'walek i'na
meru'latektulli. The
common Shiwilu corn has
smooth kernels. (sem.
domains: 1.5 - Plant.)
Chiusha nprop. Teodomira.
Chiusha ku'aper
mukanka. Panullenmu'
ma'shapi'nta'. Teodomira
is a generous woman. She
gives us any little thing (she
has).
-chu1 v. suffix that attaches to the
verb and indicates future
tense, second person singular
or third person singular
subject. ¿Enpulu
wichi'chu? What time are
you going to sleep? Kunlu'
auklu'lli. Den ipa'
chiminchu. The "bad luck"
jaguar pawed the ground.
Someone is going to die. (sem.
domains: 9.4.1.1 - Tense.)
-chu2 -etchu1
chu'ken-tuntun n. small drum
used when dancing the
pandilla. ¡Chu'ken-tuntun
kencher'!
Yachu'kenñidek. Bring
your little drum. We want to
dance the pandilla. cf:
tuntunpi. (sem. domains:
4.2.3 - Music.)
*chu'ken'apalli (*chu'kenñi)
vi. to dance the pandilla with
the sounds of the pan-pipes.
Yachu'kennek,
peklu'kunku' Rodolfo
silutuker'in. I want to
dance the pandilla, call
Rodolfo so that he comes to
play the panpipes. Wa'anla
a'waner'a chu'ken'ek.
Let's stand the "siamba" palm
tree to dance pandilla around
it! cf: *lansa'palli. (sem.
domains: 4.2.4 - Dance.)
chu'kenker' vi. dance the
pandilla! ¡Chu'kenker'!
¡Enpu'ni mushipa'
siluta'asu'! Dance the
pandilla! They play the
panpipes flute so nicely! (sem.
domains: 9.4.3.1 - Imperative .)
*chu'kenñi *chu'ken'apalli
chuchu n. meat, flesh. Ya'
Allika aurandeklli
willinlusa' uru chuchu
tatanenna' tanaklan