Shiwilu Dictionary

yuyu'wa 856
wa'ten'i'ñidek. My niece is
always late. That is why we
never wait for her. cf:
enpi'sha; cf: ñi enpi'. (sem.
domains: 9.2.3.2 - Indefinite
pronouns.); enpi'sha pro-form.
never, not ever. Enpi'sha
kua lanla' lli'i'nek. I have
never seen a whale. cf:
enpi'pu'; cf: ñi enpi'.; ñi
enpi' ( ñenpi') interrog. never.
Ñenpi' kua pa'i'nek
Llimak. I have never gone to
Lima. cf: enpi'pu'; cf:
enpi'sha.; ñi enpi'pu' proform.
never. Latekker' asu'
Arkichu, nana ñi
enpi'pu' tumu'pi'ñi.
Believe what Arquímedes
says, he never lies. (sem.
domains: 9.2.3.2 - Indefinite
pronouns.)
new nalu adj. fresh, new. Ulliku
mapa'tulli illapa nalu.
Ulises bought a new shotgun.
Shiwiluk nu'tullina'
kirka'pidek nalu. In
Jeberos a new library has
been built.
new leaf wawamek n. new leaf.
Tanku wawameknenlek
akilek. With the new banana
leaf one wraps the patarashca.
clf: mek1.
new moon wawa-lada (comp. of)
n. new moon. Wawalada
ma'nen terei'nek. When
there is a new moon nothing is
planted. (sem. domains:
1.1.1.1 - Moon.)
new year nalu-ekkilala n. new
year. Nalu-ekkilala
pilli'ncha'lli. The new year
started. cf: wala'apu'.;
wala'apu' adv. new year.
U'dunshala Shiwilulusa'
ullina' asu' wa'danlusa'
uwa'su' wala'apu'pi. Few
Shiwilu people drank beer on
New Year's eve. cf: naluekkilala.
next.to =tek ( -tak) post. next to,
adjacent to. Nalamulu
waner'apalli illishatek /
illishatak. The tree is
standing next to the church.
Enmu'pinen du'apalli
pentak. The man is sitting
next to the fire. (sem. domains:
8.5.5 - Spatial relations.)
nFUT.1DU.I
nFUT.1PL.E
nFUT.1PL.E>2SG
nFUT.1PL.I
nFUT.1SG
nFUT.1SG>2PL
nFUT.1SG>2SG
nFUT.2>1
nFUT.2PL
nFUT.2SG
nFUT.3PL -llina' 1 v. suffix that
attached to the verb indicates
non-future tense, third person
plural subject. Wilalusa'ler
wa'dantek tekka'pa'su'
malek pilli'tanna'
patantullina'. When the
children saw the chicken
running, they grabbed it and