komuiya
Murui Huitoto
| komuiya | |
|---|---|
| Root | Classifier |
| komuiya- | — |
Etymology
From komuide (“to grow”) + -ya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔmui̯d͡ʒa]
- Hyphenation: ko‧mui‧ya
Noun
komuiya
- act of growing
- 1988, Homenaje a la Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos: Huitoto Murui [Homage to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Murui Huitoto], page 8:
- Nana caɨ comuillamona dama caɨ abɨdo itɨcaɨ.
- [We] all exist alone as to our growing with our bodies.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | komuiya | — |
| nominative | komuiyadɨ | — |
| accusative | komuiyana | — |
| dative/locative | komuiyamo | — |
| ablative | komuiyamona | — |
| instrumental | komuiyado | — |
| causal | komuiyari | — |
| privative | komuiyanino | — |
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 591