guiye

Murui Huitoto

guiye
Root Classifier
guiye- —

Etymology

From gui- (“to eat”) +‎ -ye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡui̯d͡ʒɛ]
  • Hyphenation: gui‧ye

Noun

guiye (uncountable)

  1. food
  2. future verbal noun of guite: the future eating

Declension

Declension of guiye
singular plural
absolutive guiye —
nominative guiyedɨ —
accusative guiyena —
dative/locative guiyemo —
ablative guiyemona —
instrumental guiyedo —
causal guiyeri —
privative guiyenino —

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 100
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 135
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