Akawaio-English Dictionary


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ɨmʉrewatoꞌ firstborn Iyɨmʉrewatoꞌ warawoꞌ pe iyentuꞌpʉ. She gave birth to her firstborn, a boy.
ɨn- a polite way of commanding a peer Bible ɨntʉkɨ. Please give us the Bible.
ɨnɨ vt share kiyari ke tʉtonpa kon iyepiyapainomasaꞌ kon ɨnɨ toꞌ uya pɨꞌ. They were sharing food with orphans and widows.
ɨnɨkɨiran n (non-possessed) a variety of ant with black and brown coloring
ɨnka vt 1show someone something that one has Kuwata uya tʉmʉre ɨnkaꞌpʉ mɨrɨ tʉnoꞌpʉ uya entoꞌ pe. The gorilla showed his child to his wife for her to see. 2lengthen Waꞌka pun ɨnkasaꞌ uya. I lengthened the metal object. 3delay, put off one's plan ɨnkaꞌmaꞌsan a visitor for a long time 4stretch, extend Ɨyemiya ɨnkaꞌ! Stretch out your arm!
usɨnka (der.) vi stretched
ɨnnɨ nom far place Ɨnnɨ pe pata esi. The place is far.
ɨntʉ nom soft, referring to the quality of grass with dew on it; the condition which makes it easy to cut; soft, as with the skin of ripe fruit Ɨntʉ pe wanaꞌ esi. The grass/weeds are soft. opp: saꞌman 2 .
ɨntʉnʉkʉ vt soften, make soft, usually by making it wet Iyɨntʉnʉꞌkɨ. Soften it.
ɨnʉꞌ pron who Ɨnʉꞌ pata iyesi? Whose land is this?
ɨpiyɨꞌkeꞌ nom 1someone shy opp: ɨpiyɨꞌmʉn 2 . 2someone shamed
ɨpiyɨꞌmʉn nom 1a shameless person Ɨpiyɨꞌmʉn pe iyesi. He is shameless. 2someone brave opp: ɨpiyɨꞌkeꞌ 1 .
Ɨpɨiꞌkwɨ pai nprop the name given to a bay along the Upper Mazaruni River, above Imbaimadai
ɨpɨrinka vr lie in a prone position
ɨꞌpʉ (poss: ɨyɨꞌpʉ) n bone moroꞌ ɨꞌpʉ amʉꞌ many fish bones cf: wɨꞌsɨꞌpɨ 1 .
ɨpʉrema (var: wɨpʉrema; var: epʉrema) vi pray Ɨw- ɨpʉrema -ꞌpʉ. You prayed.
ɨri nom 1someone or something dirty Ɨri pe mʉre esi. The baby is dirty. opp: wakʉ 5 . 2someone or something bad Ɨri pe pʉserɨ warawoꞌ. This boy behaves badly. opp: wakʉ 1 . 3someone or something evil 4someone or something dark 5something or someone unholy ɨri aꞌkwarʉ an evil/unholy spirit
ɨꞌrɨ pron what Ɨꞌrɨ kupʉ auya? What are you doing?
ɨrɨi n a variety of tree where wantoto does appear
ɨrɨmokʉ vi tired from exertion, weak Toꞌ aꞌkɨrɨ ekaꞌtumʉ iꞌse ina ɨrɨmokʉꞌpʉ mɨrɨ. We wanted to run with them, (but) we got tired (from trying).
ɨrʉka vi be or become destroyed Ayapuruui ɨrʉkanin pʉra rɨ. There is nothing to destroy your things.
ɨrʉkɨ n 1(non-possessed) caterpillar, a general term 2worm, the general term
ɨsenau (der. of enau) 1) adv together, with each other Asaꞌron kon kaꞌpon amʉꞌ esi ɨsenau eꞌnʉn nɨ pɨꞌ iyeꞌtoꞌ pe. Two people will be sleeping together/with each other. 2) n twins syn: ɨsimunuiꞌ 1.
enau postp with sheep amʉꞌ tʉnɨnseꞌna tʉron nɨ enau he left his sheep behind with another (shepherd)
ɨsenau (der.) 1adv together 2n twins
ɨꞌseꞌneꞌ (var: ɨꞌsɨꞌneꞌ) nom serious, with far-reaching consequences Sises uya taꞌpʉ ɨꞌseꞌneꞌ pe makoi aꞌkwarʉ pɨꞌ. Jesus spoke strongly to the evil spirit.
ɨꞌseyaton n conflict Ɨꞌseaton pe toꞌ eꞌpɨtʉꞌpʉ, piyaiꞌsan pe rɨ, toꞌ eꞌpɨtʉꞌpʉ. They had many conflicts and they were doing piyaichang.