eimo

Murui Huitoto

eimo
Root Classifier
eimo-

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto eimo and Nüpode Huitoto eimoɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛi̯mɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ei‧mo

Noun

eimo

  1. white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari)

Declension

Declension of eimo
singular plural
absolutive eimo
nominative eimodɨ
accusative eimona
dative/locative eimomo
ablative eimomona
instrumental eimodo
causal eimori
privative eimonino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 75
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 214

Tsou

Tsou cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : eimo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

eimo

  1. five