Akawaio-English Dictionary


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poitoma vt praise Tʉpoitoma pe ekama iya. He thinks he is being praised.
Poitoꞌma (cf: Orosikoꞌ) 1nprop (non-possessed) the name given to a group of people living between the Upper Mazaruni and Venezuela, having no outside contact 2n people who live in the bush and shun contact with other humans 3n evil spirits
poka vt 1spear fish with bow and arrow Moroꞌ pokaiꞌ utɨnpai. Let's go and spear fish. 2shoot any other animal for food 3nail Ipokapɨꞌsaꞌ rʉꞌpʉ kurusuꞌ pona. He (is) the one who was nailed on a cross.
poken₂ n comfort ipoken pe ɨwesi you are her comfort
poken₁ adv might be, likely, possible Ipoken peꞌ ɨpʉrataai nai? Is your money (change) right? Imaꞌtakapʉ poken si. It is likely he wil die. Pon tuꞌkunapɨtʉ uya poken man, tunaꞌkwa taꞌ utɨ yau. I might wash the clothes, if I were to go down to the river.
pokoi (poss: ɨpokooi) n sadness Pokoi peꞌ nai? Are you sad? opp: poriꞌ .
upokoita (der.) vi sadden
pokoita vi 1be or become sad Ipokoitaꞌpʉ ipɨꞌ. He was sad at her/because of her condition. 2be or become sorry
pokoitanʉkʉ vt make someone sad Mɨrɨ uya ina pokoitanʉkʉ. That makes us sad.
pokon postp together with ɨnoꞌpʉ pokon pe together with your wife
pokʉrʉ (poss: ɨpokʉrʉʉi) n belt
pon₂ n 1a bird's nest 2a wasp's nest 3a spider's web
pon₁ (poss: ɨpon) (cf: won₁) n 1covering 2clothes 3dress 4shirt
pon enu (poss: ɨpon enu) n button (lit: clothesꞌ eye)
enuꞌtɨ (der.) vt button
pon nakaꞌtawon n shirt
pon ton (poss: ɨpon ton) clothes, multiple items of clothes
pona postp 1to 2in 3in the direction of 4onto 5until mɨrɨ pona rɨ until then
ponantɨ vt build a fire, start a fire apoꞌ ponantɨꞌpʉ iya eke rɨ. He built a big fire.
poni (poss: ɨponi) n navel, belly button
ponsiꞌkɨ postp from syn: awonsiꞌkɨ 2 .
pontɨ vt 1cover Oꞌ pontɨkɨ. Cover the meat. 2dress
epontɨ (der.) vr dress oneself
pooiꞌpɨ (var: poꞌpɨ) nom something old Pooiꞌpɨ pe ensin esi. The engine is old. opp: emennaꞌ 1 .
poꞌpɨ var. of pooiꞌpɨ
poraiꞌ n a variety of weaved walling
poreka n a variety of tree
Poreporeimɨ nprop the name given to a mythical bridge, believed to be a camoudi