kaliwa

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kalí (“house”).

Verb

kaliwa (future kaliima, past participle kalíwami, preterite kaliili)

  1. (intransitive) have a house

References
  • Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎ (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
  • Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎ (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 21

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

kaliwâ

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
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