Shiwilu Dictionary

841 yuyu'wa
¡Yus akui'n, kaikuá! May
god protect you, little sister!
maybe not ku'leipa' ( ku'laipa')
interj. maybe not.
Kenmu'wa' ipa'la
itullinerkenmu'wa'
“gente civilizada”
tullima. La'i
nu'lekwei'pa', ku'leipa'.
They now call us "civilized
people." Maybe we are, maybe
we aren't.
maybe.not
mayor alakanter', alakanter
(Spn. alcalde) n. mayor.
Alakantermapu'wa'
yausu'wiñina'
consejokla. They wanted to
impeach our mayor.
me, to me -u1 v. me; suffix that
attached to the verb indicates
first person singular object.
¡Enka'u ashu akusupi!
Give me a sweet potato!
¡Ilanpa'u, chai! Help me
shoot (at an animal)! (a man
speaks) ¡Ipa' pi'shekker'.
Aner yalli'tu! Now turn
around. Don't look at me!
(sem. domains: 9.2.9.1 - Verb
affixes.)
measure *pichipalli 2 ( *pichilli1)
vt. to measure. Danku
Malla' pichipalli kapi
yapi'pi'yun. Flor de María is
measuring the cloth in order to
sew it. ; *pichitapalli 2 (
*pichitulli) vi. to measure.
Nana pichitapalli
pichinanlek. He is
measuring (it) with the meter
stick. val.: *pichipalli 1.
(sem. domains: 8.2.8 -
Measure.)
measure it! pichiker' 2 ( pichir')
vt. measure it! ¡Asu' kapi
pichir'! Measure this piece of
cloth!
meat chuchu n. meat, flesh. Ya'
Allika aurandeklli
willinlusa' uru chuchu
tatanenna' tanaklan
kencha'a'su'. Yesterday
Alejandrina fed her children
the deer meat that their father
had brought from the forest.
(sem. domains: 5.2.3.2.1 -
Meat.)
MEAT lu'2 clf. meat. Tunsawala
aku'tulli panwalalu'. The
shingo fly laid eggs in the tapir
meat. clf. for: panwalalu',
kupilu'2, kushellu',
waka'lu', mutu'lu',
unma'lu', sipalu',
lamanlu', dekkananlu',
ala'lu'2, iyalu'2, kilulu',
sukellu', *pekdalu'palli,
lu'wellu', *tata'lu'tek,
*mer'llu'tapalli,
*nakamu'lu'palli,
nanpilu', *pipeklu'palli.
(sem. domains: 5.2.3.2.1 -
Meat.)
meaty papaya
medium-sized uwen adj.
medium-sized. ¡Dekmayun
uwensha alan'u