Mauwake Dictionary

kerekenam kirisa
snatched a lot of things for yourself, but I did
not. Syn: tapurpurikiya.
kerekenam nn. dollar bird. Eurystomus orientalis.
Syn: keepol.
kerekera nn. extended family, clan, lineage, clan
house. (Relations living at the time when
reference is made). See: kaka, samapora,
teeria.
kereriya v2.int. happen, arrive, reach, appear. Uura
maa ofofona kererek. In the night there was an
earthquake. Mauwake kerereya omomiya?
What happened so she is crying? Wi nan
kererem-ikaimik. They are arriving/coming
(right now). See: imenariya; fuuniya.
kerew num. a lot. Mua nain waaya kerew akena.
That man has a lot of pigs.
kerew av.man. hard, fast, loudly. Kerew fuure! Blow
hard! Kerew karuiya. He is running fast.
Kerew akena kiririwkin ifana yame ofomam.
When they shouted very loudly I stopped my
ears.
kerewariya v2.int. get angry, sulk. Amukaremkun
kerewarek. When I scolded him he sulked.
kerewiya v1.tr. be angry. Wia kerewap maa me
wiar enimiya. He is angry with them and
refuses to eat their food. See: amukariya,
bagiwiriya, irewiya, wirariya.
keruka nn. tree sp. (With big round leaves.).
kes nn. coffin. From: Pidgin.
kesakesa nn. plant sp. Cycas circinalis. (Seeds are
broken and grated, then the juice is used to cure
tinea/ringworm.). See: maa korekore.
keset nn. cassette. From: Pidgin.
ketua mua np. medicine man, traditional healer.
Performs various kinds of magic. Syn: serua
mua.
kia aj. white.
kibarang nn. roof iron. From: Alam?
kibol nn. stinging anemone.
kibol mera np. clown anemonefish.
kii nn. cone shell.
kii See main entry: kiiya. nn. cassowary. (Used
mainly in compounds.).
kii pukiya id. grow by itself. (Without being planted
by someone.).
kii pukowa id. plant growing by itself.
kii saimoma nn. cassowary wing bone.
kii wuuta nn. cassowary crown bone.
kii-kiira aj. many cornered.
kiikimiya v2.tr. kick, beat. Muuka samor-ko
kiikimok. He kicked at the boy badly. Syn:
akup-ititiya. From: Pidgin.
kiikir av.tmp. first. Nomokowa kiikir warep ikoka
sukuwika puukamik. They first cut the trees,
then the pitpit cane. (First in sequence.). See:
mokomokoka.
kiimiya v2. soften. Auwa-ke Miki uruwa
kiimomak. Father made a loincloth for Miki.
(Soften by hitting with a stick.).
kiimoma nn. tree sp. (The trunk is notched to collect
sap for a drink.).
kiina nn. bamboo sp. (With yellow trunk.). See: pia.
kiira nn. side, shin, back fin. See: olebenam.
kiira oona nn. shin bone.
kiiriw av.tmp. again, repeatedly. Kiiriw maeya
baliwep miiminen. Say it again and I will listen
carefully. Syn: nainiw.
kiisa kuumiya vp2. cook in ground oven.
kiisara nn. fish sp. (Freshwater fish.). Syn: mera
kia.
kiisua nn. kite, little eagle. Hieraaetus morphonoides.
Fikera kuumiwkin kiisua-ke iinan-pa
birine-miawiya. When kunai grass is burned,
kiisua hawk flies over the fire. (Big, greybrown.).
See: maa wiisa, kirisa, sikikin.
kiit nn. bracelet. (Made of stone or shell.).
kiiya Variant: kii. nn. cassowary. Casuarius
unappendiculatus.
kiiya afifa np. cassowary feathers. (Used as singsing
decoration.).
kikis nn. headman. Syn: saria.
kilala aj. open. Ariman epa kilala-pa ikua. It is
visible in the open (lit: in an open place). See:
aakia, ariman.
kiliniya v2.int. clink, tinkle. Soomia anumeya
kilinek. As she hit the spoons they clinked.
kinepura nn. shrub sp. (With red and yellow
leaves.).
kiowa nn. meat piece.
kira nn. wild sugarcane. (Florescence is edible, pitpit
in Pidgin.).
kiremuroka nn. part of spine and ribs. (A term used
after slaughtering an animal.). See: mikikir
suluma.
kirikiri Variant: kirikira. nn. fish sp. (Very small
fish, lives in rivers.).
kiripiya v1.tr. turn, answer, return, repay, mix, stir.
Miimowa miimimik, kiripowa weetak. They
are able to listen and understand but not to
answer. Auwa muuna yos-ke kiripinen. I will
repay my father's debt. Aaya onaria kiripap
enime. Mix it with sugar and eat it. See:
apekariya, bilikiya.
kiririya v1.int. shout. Takira niiremi kiririmik. The
children are playing and shouting. Syn: fariya,
aluiya.
kirisa nn. goshawk. Accipiter. (Big, brown, white
neck.). See: kiisua, maa wiisa, sikikin.
34 Mauwake — English Dictionary 1/30/2007