naɨraɨ

Murui Huitoto

naɨraɨ
Root Classifier
naɨraɨ- —

Etymology

Equivalent to naɨte (“to speak”) +‎ -raɨ. Cognates include Minica Huitoto naɨraɨ and Nüpode Huitoto naɨraɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnaɯ̯ɾaɯ̯]
  • Hyphenation: naɨ‧raɨ

Noun

naɨraɨ

  1. tribe, clan
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:11:
      Naie facaiseconi Babilonia railla naɨraɨ dɨne naie naɨraɨ soldaduaɨ caɨ comɨnɨna uitɨmacɨ.
      In those times they, the Babilonian-speaking tribe, their tribe's soldiers then took our people.

Declension

Declension of naɨraɨ
singular plural
absolutive naɨraɨ naɨraɨaɨ
nominative naɨraɨdɨ naɨraɨaɨdɨ
accusative naɨraɨna naɨraɨaɨna
dative/locative naɨraɨmo naɨraɨaɨmo
ablative naɨraɨmona naɨraɨaɨmona
instrumental naɨraɨdo naɨraɨaɨdo
causal naɨraɨri naɨraɨaɨri
privative naɨraɨnino naɨraɨaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 189
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 244
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