okaina

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔkai̯na]
  • Hyphenation: o‧kai‧na

Etymology 1

okaina
Root Classifier
okaina-

Cognates include Minica Huitoto okaina (guara) and Nüpode Huitoto okaina (agouti).

Noun

okaina

  1. animal
  2. (dialectal) synonym of mɨgui
Declension
Declension of okaina
singular plural
absolutive okaina
nominative okainadɨ
accusative okainana
dative/locative okainamo
ablative okainamona
instrumental okainado
causal okainari
privative okainanino

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

okaina

  1. immediate conditional of ote

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 202
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 155