komoño

See also: komono and komɔ́nɔ

Murui Huitoto

komoño
Root Classifier
komo- -ño

Etymology

Equivalemt to komo (new) +‎ -ño, referring to the fact that sororal cousins weren't seen as blood relatives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔmɔɲɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧mo‧ño

Noun

komoño

  1. female sororal cousin (to a male)

Declension

Declension of komoño
singular plural kinship plural
absolutive komoño komoñuaɨ komotɨaɨ
nominative komoñodɨ komoñuaɨdɨ komotɨaɨdɨ
accusative komoñona komoñuaɨna komotɨaɨna
dative/locative komoñomo komoñuaɨmo komotɨaɨmo
ablative komoñomona komoñuaɨmona komotɨaɨmona
instrumental komoñodo komoñuaɨdo komotɨaɨdo
causal komoñori komoñuaɨri komotɨaɨri
privative komoñonino komoñuaɨnino komotɨaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 48
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 40