Mauwake Dictionary

poreporek puusuma
poreporek nn. pitta. Pitta.
poroma nn. vine sp. (Grows on ground; used for
making rope.).
posa nn. turban shell. Emeria posa menat arimik.
Women are catching turban shells at low tide.
posela nn. small quantity, very little. Eka yoowa
uupowa nain eka weeserek, eka posela
gelemuta akena ikua. I wanted to boil water
but the water is finished, there is just a drop left.
(Used of liquids.).
posiposa nn. tree sp. (Bean-like edible fruit grows
from trunk.).
pote av. equally?, one's share?, enough? Maa unowa
seserkap pote-pote aawem-ikemik. When they
distributed all they each got equally.
potekiya Variant: patekiya. v1.tr. pinch.
Kerewarep wiawi potekak. He was angry and
pinched his father. Uroma-ke efa potekiya. My
stomach has cramps.
pris nn. priest. From: Pidgin.
profet nn. prophet. From: Pidgin.
puiya v2.tr. scoop up. Maa tawowola puep wafure.
Scoop up the rubbish and throw it away.
puiya v2.int. break, die, faint. Ifara pueya maa
sererimemik nain orop tuminarek. The rope
broke and the things they had hung fell and got
dirty. Inep puep me miimiya. He is fast asleep
and doesn't hear. Ikiwow fofa puem-ikaiya.
The day of going is close. Syn: umiya, kuiya.
pukemik
pukiya v2.int. separate, disperse. Ni feek ikeka, i
pukimik. You stay here, we will disperse.
Emeria fiirimowa-pa ikok pukemik. After the
meeting the women went their separate ways.
[Gram: plural only]
pukiya v2.int. start. Maapora pukok. The feast
started. Mesa mokoka pukiya. The winged
bean is getting known/spreading.
pukiya v2.int. burst, crack, split. Pia
puukam-ikaeya pukok. When he was cutting
the bamboo it split. Inasin afura orop pukok.
The bottle fell and burst.
pulu-palaniya v2.int. be active, bubble. Eka fofola
urupeya pulu-palaniya. The water is boiling
and bubbling Mera eka-pa pulu-palaniya. The
fish jumps about in the water. Enowa muuta
nain pulu-palanimik. They were boisterous (?)
when they had food.
pun av. too, also. Yos pun maa uuwinen. I want to
work, too.
punum nn. whistling duck. Dendrocygna.
puowawiya v1.tr. make up balance. Mua nain maa
sesenarekam naep onak-na me pepek.
Naapeya wiamun-ke ikiwemi puowawomeya
maa aawok. The man wanted to buy something
but he did not have enough money. So his
younger brother went and gave him the balance
and he bought it.
pupiya v2.tr. check, examine, inspect, evaluate.
Libabi soo pupiya. Coralfish checks the trap
out.
pupura nn. shadow, shade. Owor pupura-pa nefa
urufam. I saw you in the shade of the betelnut
trees. See: epa ununa, kukusa.
puput nn. insect sp. Puput isakeya koor poka puok.
The insects attacked house post and it broke.
(They bore holes in house timber.).
pura nn. bundle. Fikera perekap pura kaikimik. We
pull out kunai grass and tie it in bundles.
purekiya v1.tr. tie; bundle. Nomokowa purekap
owowa porainen. I tie the trees into a bundle
and take them to the village. Wapena purekak.
He crossed his arms. Afifa purekimik. They tie
their hair.
purer mua np. wanderer, stranger. (One who does
not have land in the village where he is
staying.).
purimiya v1.tr. conserve, stock up, store up. emeria
purimowa woman who stores food for bad
times
puririya v2.int. swell. Airikap mia purirem. I
scratched myself and had swollen scratch marks.
(Red swollen scratch marks, insect bites.).
purowa nn. armband. Onak-ke umeya purowa
suuwimik. They wear an armband after their
mother's death.
puruniya v2.int. drizzle. Ipia sisina
purunem-ikaiya. It is drizzling.
purupiya v2.tr.mv. take up, bring up. See: urupiya,
piriya, fakeriya, siikiya.
pusuniya v2.int. become loose, come off, run loose.
Nomona-ke arufeya meren ipamsika
pusunek. A stone hit the foot and a toenail came
off.
pusunowiya v1.tr. detach, loosen. Suusa me
pusunowe. Don't loosen the nail.
puukiya v1.tr. cut, break, intervene, wipe.
Nomokowa warep puukap porok. He felled
the tree, cut the trunk and brought it down.
Fura-ke efa puukak. A knife cut me. Bagela
puukiya. He wipes his nose. Sira puukak. He
has broken the law/custom. Opaimika me
puuke. Don't intervene in his talk.
puuniya v2.int. crackle. Pia pukemi puuniya.
When the bamboo split it crackles. Amia
puunowamik. The fired the gun.
puusum eka np. honey.
puusuma nn. bee. See: ununka.
62 Mauwake — English Dictionary 1/30/2007