Shiwilu Dictionary

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save him/her! help him/her!
siwer'ker' vt. save him/her!
help him/her! Nana
willasha
chimindektapalli.
¡Siwer'ker'! That child is
drowning. Help him! (sem.
domains: 9.4.3.1 - Imperative .)
save sb.'s life *teknanpipalli (
*teknanpilli) vt. to save sb.'s
life. Lulenta'su'ler
teknanpillun
ilulennalek. The shaman
saved my life with medicine.
say *tapalli1 ( tulli) vi. to say.
¿Enñupa' pa'apilala?
tulli. Where are you going?
he said. val.: *itapalli 1.
(sem. domains: 3.5.1 - Say.)
say good-bye
*inpañi'iteklapallina' vi. to
take each other's hands, greet,
say good-bye. Asu'
inpañi'iteklapallina'
yapa'an wei ñinanluk.
They are taking each other by
the hand saying good-bye
because one of them is going
to go to a far away town. (sem.
domains: 4 - Social behavior.)
say it! tuker' vt. say it! ¡Eklli
wenchetchek, tuker'!
Say that I will come tomorrow!
(sem. domains: 9.4.3.1 -
Imperative .)
say sth. to sb. *itapalli 1 (
*itulli) vd. to say sth. to sb.
Kua itudeklek a'lek'uku
Shiwilu la'la'. I told them to
teach me the Shiwilu
language. val.: *tapalli1.
(sem. domains: 3.5.1 - Say.)
say to sb.
sb. similar to you
kenmapu'a'su' 1 nom. sb.
similar to you. ¡Inteklliter
kenmapu'a'su'lek! Play
with your peer (e.g. sb. your
same age)!
sb. that has acne pishututek
nom. sb. that has acne.
Ñitushawek pishututek
ña'su', ipa'li'na
mudinulli. My little grandson
who had a lot of acne, now
does not. (sem. domains:
2.5.2.2 - Skin disease.)
sb. that likes to make jokes
si'lentutek nom. sb. that likes
to make jokes. Mariano i'na
sakektek, si'lentutek,
luntek. Mariano is happy,
likes to make jokes, and talks
a lot.
sb. w/ black hair
sb. w/ long hair shinenchek adj.
person with long hair.
Arakayu sadi'na
shinenchek, ker'enchek.
Arákayu's wife had long, black
hair.
sb. weak sapu'tek nom. weak,
sb. who cannot work. Nana
enmu'pinen sapu'tek.
That man is weak. (sem.
domains: 8.3.5.1 - Nature,
character.)
sb. who always fishes w/ hook
deksamerchek (
deksametchek) nom. sb. who