jofo

Murui Huitoto

jofo
Root Classifier
jo- -fo

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jofo and Nüpode Huitoto jopo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɔɸɔ]
  • Hyphenation: jo‧fo

Noun

jofo (collective jofonɨaɨ)

  1. house

Declension

Declension of jofo
singular plural
absolutive jofo
nominative jofodɨ
accusative jofona
dative/locative jofomo
ablative jofomona
instrumental jofodo
causal jofori
privative jofonino

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 142
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127