Mauwake Dictionary

iiriwiw ikowa
iiriw wekera Variant: iiriw eker. av.tmp. long
ago. (The time of ancestors.).
iiriwiw av.tmp. long ago. earlier than "iiriw".
iiruma nn. mast.
iisiw pr. only us. Mua papako-ke iisiw yiokeka
naep opora efar kiripikuan. Some men want
you to follow only them (lit: say, follow us only)
and will twist my talk. See: yosiw, osiw.
iisow pr. by ourselves, we alone. See: i, yieniw.
iiwa1 aj. short. Ant: maala.
iiwa2 nn. bottom of hole. Irauwa kuap iiwa
urufimik. They dug the well and came to the
bottom (where there is water).
iiwariya v2.int. be short of. Maamuma iiwarep
maa nain me sesenaremik. We were short of
money and didn't buy the thing. Opora iiwarek.
He could not answer (an accusation).
iiwawiya v1.tr. stop, interrupt.
iiwawow marew av.man. ceaselessly. Iiwawow
marew Mua Maneka fariya. He prays to God
without stopping. Omowa iiwawow marew
faa-ya She doesn't stop crying at all! See:
yiawerow marew.
iiwawun num. all, altogether. Mua emeria unowiya
iiwawun fikera purekimik. All the men and
women together are bundling the kunai grass.
iiwikiya v1.tr. block, bar, not allow to pass. Era
iiwikap sariwikuan. They will block the road
and fix it.
iiwiya1 v2.int. recede, go down, become thin. Eka
luuma iiwok. The flooding in the river has
receded. Merena arimep ikok iiwok. The
swelling of the leg has gone down. Mua
panewowa-ke napumarep mia iiwok. The old
man was sick and got thin. (Often after being
swollen.).
iiwiya2 v2.tr. scoop, dish out. Iwer makena iiwiya.
She is scooping the meat of the coconut. Aite
maa iiwep-pueya enemik. Mother dished out
the food and we ate.
iiwua nn. enemy. Iiwua irakowa pekapemik. The
enemy came to fight.
iiwua fariya id. start a mob. Restrict: (Only with
plural ACC pronoun.).
iiwuariya v2.tr. cause dissention, become enemy,
be_enemy.
ika nn. stand, rack. soo ika a rack for a fishtrap
Epia ika fookak. He made a firewood stand.
ika sakum ikina np. smoky smell.
ika teekowa np. meat-lover. O mua ika
teekowa pun maa eneka kookaliya. He is a
meat-lover, he likes meat.
ikaiya Variant: ika. v2.st. be. Daigul kaanek ikua?
Where is Daigul? Muuka sia-pa inep ikua. The
boy is asleep in the netbag.
ikemika nn. wound, cut, sore, ulcer. Ikemika
eresek. The sore has dried. Ikemika maneka
efa tiitiniya. My big ulcer is painful.
ikemika kaikow mua np. doctor, nurse, health
extension officer. Lit: 'wound-tying man'.
ikera nn. breadfruit. (Smooth-skinned; the seeds and
pulp are edible.). See: yakikira.
iker bola np. breadfruit pulp.
ikia nn. frog.
ikina nn. scent, smell. Soomaremi ikin eliwa
miimam. I was walking and smelled a good
smell. Siowa-ke ikina muurap ookiya. A dog
is smelling a scent and following it.
ikina ook vp1. sniff out, follow smell. Siowa
ikina ookam-ikaiya. A dog is following the
smell.
ikina wariya vp2.tr. smell. Wi waaya ikiwkin
ikina yia warowawak. When they roasted pork
we smelled it (it caused us to smell it).
ikiwiya Variant: itiwiya. v2.int.mv. 1) go, leave,
depart. I fan ikiwimik. We are going.
(=Goodbye) Uurika ni niar ikiwinen.
Tomorrow I will come (lit: go) to you.
(Direction away from speaker, or not in focus.).
2) run. Kolos nain yasuweya ofa ikiwiya.
When you wash that dress the colour runs.
Restrict: (Used of colour only.).
ikiwos suusa np. horn.
ikiwosa Variant: ekiwusa. nn. 1) head, crown of
head. Ikiwosa-ke efa tiitiniya. I have headache.
2) opinion. Yena ikiwosa maiyem. I am telling
my opinion.
ikiya v2.tr. roast. Sibaur mukuna-pa ikep enimimik.
We roast the crayfish on fire and eat it.
(Roasting/smoking quickly on open fire.). See:
isimiya.
ikoka av.tmp. later. (Often the same day.). See:
wiimar.
ikoka kuisow av.tmp. soon.
ikora nn. penis.
ikos av.com. with, together. Kululu muuka ikos
pokap ikemik. Kululu is sitting with his son.
Ikos Madang ikiwiyan. We two will go to
Madang together. (Two people only.). See:
onaiya, owawiya, wiamiya.
ikowa1 nn. roasted food. Mua wiar umeya ikowa
enimiya. Her husband died, so she is eating food
roasted on fire.
ikowa2 nn. time, lifetime. Iiriw kae ikowa-pa mua
amina kererek. During the ancestors' time clay
pots came to use. (Used of past time only.).
24 Mauwake — English Dictionary 1/30/2007