biyama

Murui Huitoto

biyama
Root Classifier
biya- -ma

Etymology

Equivalent to biya (“arrival”) +‎ -ma, referring to the fact that a maternal uncle wasn't considered a blood relative.

Cognates include Minica Huitoto biyama and Nüpode Huitoto biyama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbid͡ʒama]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ya‧ma

Noun

biyama

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of biyama
singular plural kinship plural
absolutive biyama biyamaɨaɨ biyatɨaɨ
nominative biyamadɨ biyamaɨaɨdɨ biyatɨaɨdɨ
accusative biyamana biyamaɨaɨna biyatɨaɨna
dative/locative biyamamo biyamaɨaɨmo biyatɨaɨmo
ablative biyamamona biyamaɨaɨmona biyatɨaɨmona
instrumental biyamado biyamaɨaɨdo biyatɨaɨdo
causal biyamari biyamaɨaɨri biyatɨaɨri
privative biyamanino biyamaɨaɨnino biyatɨaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 35
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 38
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