Shiwilu Dictionary

yuyu'wa 986
We get together at night in my
patio, drink manioc beer, and
talk about what our deceased
grandmothers used to talk
about. syn: panpa 2.
squash kun n. squash.
Menmik teralek kun.
Ñitan metchusik akusu
ka'lek. One plants squash in
the field, and when it blooms
and it is ripe, one eats it boiled.
(sem. domains: 1.5 - Plant, 5.2
- Food.); pekwan n. squash,
type of vine whose fruit is used
as a container to bring water.
Kua napi' pektawalek
pekwan
menminwekkek. Before I
had squash in my field. (sem.
domains: 1.5.3 - Grass, herb,
vine.); sinku'pi n. type of
bottle-shaped squash used as
a rattle for babies. Wawaser
intekllitapalli
sinku'pilek. The baby is
playing with the bottle-shaped
squash (as a rattle). clf: pi4; cf:
machi'pi. (sem. domains:
1.5.2 - Bush, shrub, 2.6.4.1 -
Baby.)
squash that grows on trees,
recipient
squash used to hold water
pekwanpi n. inedible squash
used to bring water.
Pewanpi u'chimu dek
mak, uklulu' ekpa'ak.
The squash is used to bring
water and carry manioc beer.
clf: pi4. (sem. domains: 5.1 -
Household equipment.)
squat *da'tu'palli ( *da'tu'lli) vi.
to squat. Wila i'na
insekkitan da'tu'palli
du'nantek supinak. The
child is squatting behind the
seat, hiding. (sem. domains:
7.1 - Posture.)
squirrel wiá n. squirrel. Wiá
i'na palliken metllupisa'
ka'lli. The squirrel only eats
the ripe chambira. (sem.
domains: 1.6.1.1.4 - Rodent.)
squirrel cuckoo shaka'wa' n.
squirrel cuckoo, type of bird
that predicts what is going to
happen, omen, bad omen.
¿Ma'nen a'ta'
ñinchitekchek?
Shaka'wa' enpu'nipa'
lertapalli, sik sik sik
peklatapallun. What am I
going to learn today? The
squirrel cuckoo is jumping from
branch to branch, it is calling
me "sik sik sik." cf: sellu'.
(Piaya cayana) (sem. domains:
1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
squirrel monkey sha'wen n.
squirrel monkey. Sha'wen
i'na ka'lli dunpinker,
kukaratek, insenkuwi',
sinpella. The squirrel
monkey eats scorpions,
cockroaches, spiders, and
shimbillo fruit. (Saimiri
sciureus) (sem. domains:
1.6.1.1.1 - Primate.)
stab *pasektapalli 2 (
*pasektulli) vt. to stab, to
spear with an arrow. Iriki
etchek pasektulli