Akawaio-English Dictionary


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soroiꞌso n a variety of bird with red beak and feet and gray feathers
soroma n a variety of large, green parrot
soronpan n valley Piyaiꞌma ʉntaꞌmoꞌkaiꞌ wʉꞌ eꞌpi poi soronpan yaꞌ enton pe pʉra rɨ. The giant fell from the edge of the mountain into the valley, never to be seen again.
soꞌsi (poss: ɨsoꞌsii) n church
soꞌsoꞌma vt mash, usually yam, pumpkin or banana, to make it edible Kauyama soꞌsoꞌmaꞌpʉ uya. I mashed pumpkin. Usoꞌsoꞌmayaiꞌ! I am (a pumpkin) being mashed!
sotoꞌka vt make something or someone to stand upright
eꞌsotoꞌka (der.) vi stand
sowesowe n a whistle of a kanaima or large bat-like animal
suꞌ (poss: ɨꞌsuku) n urine Iꞌsuku yen pe mɨrɨ esi. This is her urinal.
suꞌta (der.) vi pass urine
suꞌ euta urethra (lit: urine hole)
suꞌ yen bladder (lit: urine container)
sukusuku n (non-possessed) passionfruit Passiflora foetida
sukuꞌsukuꞌma vt wash, usually refers to washing clothes by hand Pon ton sukuꞌsukuꞌmaꞌpʉ uya. I washed clothes by hand.
sumari var. of simari
sunkupi n 1a disease that causes pale skin 2anemia; including a swelling of the face
suntaaka n 1Sunday 2week, from Sunday to the next Sunday
sunwa nom a place far away from the speaker Sunwa toꞌ nesii. They are far away.
suꞌpa vt soak Mɨrɨ rɨ eꞌtane tuna uya ina suꞌpaꞌpʉ. But then the rain soaked us.
supara (poss: ɨsuparaai) (cf: mariya) n 1cutlass, machete 2any knife
suparari n 1arrow 2spear
sura (var: surapan; poss: ɨsuraai) n 1a frame of sticks put over a fire to lay meat on for smoking 2frame for tarpaulin Mɨrɨpan yau eke pe tuna uyeeꞌpʉ, surapan konekaꞌpʉ ina uya. In that place, a big rain fell, and we built a frame for a tarpaulin.
suraika vi lay down in a hammock Uyeꞌkweꞌ po isuraikaꞌpʉ. He lay down in my hammock.
surapan var. of sura
sururu n 1flour eki sururuui cassava flour 2the scraping from the cooked sides of cassava bread
sururui nom a boat with a bow very low/close to the water Sururui pe kanau esi. The boat has its bow very low to the water. opp: sanka .
suruwa (poss: ɨsuruwaai) n 1a variety of tree which produces edible seeds 2the seed from the same tree