rih ruwa
Central Tunebo
FWOTD – 27 January 2025
Etymology
From riha (“water, river”) + ruwa (“meat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾiʔ ˈɾuwa/ [ˈɖiʔ ˈɖu.wa]
- Syllabification: rih ru‧wa
Noun
- edible fish
- 2011, Sir Chihtá [New Testament][1], Wycliffe Bible Translators, →ISBN, Luke 24:42, page 139:
- Eyta wacayat, éyinat rih ruwa wahnajacan wíjacro.
- And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, […]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| isolated | rih ruwa | — |
| ergative | rih ruwat | — |
| absolutive | rih ruw | — |
| genitive | rih ruway | — |
| vocative | rih ruwu | — |
References
- Headland, Edna Romayne (1997) “rih ruwa”, in Diccionario Bilingüe Uw Cuwa (Tunebo)-Español Español - Uw Cuwa (Tunebo) con una gramática uw cuwa (tuneba)[2], Bogotá: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, →ISBN, page 164.