See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɯ̯]
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

Root Classifier
aɨ-

Cognates include Minica Huitoto and Nüpode Huitoto .

Noun

(collective aɨnɨaɨ)

  1. wife
Declension
Declension of
singular plural
absolutive aɨaɨ
nominative aɨdɨ aɨaɨdɨ
accusative aɨna aɨaɨna
dative/locative aɨmo aɨaɨmo
ablative aɨmona aɨaɨmona
instrumental aɨdo aɨaɨdo
causal aɨri aɨaɨri
privative aɨnino aɨaɨnino

Etymology 2

Cognates include Minica Huitoto and Nüpode Huitoto .

Root

  1. titi (type of monkey)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cognates include Minica Huitoto and Nüpode Huitoto .

Root

  1. worm
Derived terms

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 29
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 269