Mauwake Dictionary

koor tawun kuekiya
koor tawun np. house. (House on posts, with
fireplace built inside.).
koora nn. house, building, home, jail, prison. Koora
awona wiar teneya enuma kuaimik. Their old
house collapsed so they are building a new one.
Sira puukeya koora-pa wuamik. He
committed a crime and was put in prison. See:
faara.
koora ekiya id. go to jail.
koota nn. deformity. Moma nain koota opak. The
taro is deformed. (Deformity in taro, caused by
insects.). See: meer orok.
kootariya v2.int. be deformed, be insect-ridden.
used of taro.
kootariya v2.tr. go to court. From: Pidgin.
kootiya v1.tr. sue. Miiwa muuta nain wiam
kootamik. They sued each other because of the
land issue. From: Pidgin.
kopekopa nn. tree sp. (Used for axe handles,
digging sticks.).
kopiya v2.tr. reveal, take out, bring out. Maa sia-pa
ikua nain kope. Take out the things that are in
the netbag. Opora kokot ikua nain kopemik.
They revealed the talk that was hidden. Ona
kema balisow akena kopiek. He opened his
heart completely.
kora aj. hard stemmed. Arin pela kora me
kookaliyem. I don't like hard-stemmed tulip
leaves.
korekora nn. belt. (Wide belt woven with pandanus;
used by men in earlier times.).
korekta nn. flower sheath. (Flower sheath of wild
betenut tree.).
korikor nn. tree sp. (Used for canoes.).
koriniya v2.int. be stuck. Miiwaasa eka
puukam-ikok korinek. The car got stuck when
crossing a river. (Be stuck in an obstacle.). See:
kokoreriya.
korinowiya v1.tr. stick to, fasten.
korirap nn. back plate. (Singsing decoration, made of
dog's teeth.).
koririka nn. mouse??
korogam nn. one-barbel flyingfish. (Big-sized.). See:
kak, mapuriem, matapok.
korokor nn. initiation. Iiriw wi takira-ke korokor
oromik. Earlier boys went through the initiation
rite. (Male initiation.).
koropok nn. tree sp.
kororok See main entry: tororok. nn. sacred
kingfisher.
korowa nn. land crab. See: lalek?
kosiya v2.int. come out of mouth. (Both literal and
figurative.).
kosoniya v2.int. cough. Maawisa efa wareya
samor-ko kosoniyem. I have a bad cold and am
coughing a lot.
kosonowa nn. cough, coughing.
kotiya v2.tr. tie together. Maa unowa kotiep maikua
onimik. They tie many things together and make
magic. (For making magic.).
kowekowek nn. plain honeyeater? See: toonwaw.
kua1 nn. corner.
kua2 nn. louse.
kua ekiya id. come to nothing. Uuwowa kua me
efar ekak. My work was not in vain.
kua meka np. river bend.
kua teekiya id. hide in corner. Era kua teekap
epap ikua. He is hiding in a corner of a path.
kua wuepiya vp1. dodge, go around. Wi kua
wuepap ikiwemik. They went around (an
obstacle) and went on.
kuaidama nn. morning star.
kuaiya v1.tr. build, dig. Kuuten koora tenep
oraeya enuma kuam-ikaiya. Kuuten's old
house came down and he is building a new one.
Poka ona kuap iimarowinen. I will dig holes
and stand the posts up.
kuakura nn. side, vicinity. (Of house.).
kuan nn. land crab. Kuan iwer teeria-pa ikaiya. The
land crab lives among coconut trees. (Edible.).
See: korowa.
kuaniya v2.tr. hit against. Fura poka me kuane!
(?) Don't hit the knife on the post.
kua-pa ariya id. be isolated.
kuapariya v2.int. be unable, be disabled. Yo
mauwowa me pepek, kuaparem. I am not able
to do work. [Ques: kua-pa ariya?]
kuasa nn. flower sheath. (Flower sheath of betel nut;
used as singsing decoration; earlier used also as
tobacco wrapping.).
kuasimiya v2.tr. peel bark. Emera pasal kuasimep
kuunarimik. They peel off the sago bark and
chop up the pulp. Nomokowa nain
aapereka-ke kuasimok. A lightning peeled the
bark of that tree.
kuasura nn. roof, roofing grass. Koora kuami
kuasura wuepimik. They are building a house
and making the grass roof. Emer ifa aawep
kuasura opimik. They weave sago leaves for a
roof.
kuben nn. prawn trap.
kuben uuma np. end roof. (At the end of house.).
kuekiya v1.int. fail, be useless. I maa nain onap
kuekamik. We have not accomplished anything
in that matter. Miiwaasa samorarek, aakisa
kuekak. The car has broken down, it is useless
now. (Having no result from an action.).
36 Mauwake — English Dictionary 1/30/2007