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Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognate with Minica Huitoto -rite and Nüpode Huitoto -ride.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ɾitɛ]
Suffix
-rite
- Used to form durative verbs.
Conjugation
| Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st sg | -ritɨkue | -riñedɨkue | 1st sg | -riitɨkue | -riñeitɨkue | ||||
| 2nd sg | -rito | -riñedo | 2nd sg | -riito | -riñeito | ||||
| 3rd sg anim1) | -ritɨmɨe | -ritɨñaiño | -riñedɨmɨe | -riñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | -riitɨmɨe | -riitɨñaiño | -riñeitɨmɨe | -riñeitɨñaiño |
| 1st du | -ritɨkoko | -ritɨkaɨñaɨ | -riñedɨkoko | -riñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | -riitɨkoko | -riitɨkaɨñaɨ | -riñeitɨkoko | -riñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
| 2nd du | -ritomɨko | -ritomɨñoɨ | -riñedomɨko | -riñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | -riitomɨko | -riitomɨñoɨ | -riñeitomɨko | -riñeitomɨñoɨ |
| 3rd du anim1) | -ritaɨmaiaɨ | -ritaɨñuaɨ | -riñedaɨmaiaɨ | -riñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | -riitaɨmaiaɨ | -riitaɨñuaɨ | -riñeitaɨmaiaɨ | -riñeitaɨñuaɨ |
| 1st pl | -ritɨkaɨ | -riñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | -riitɨkaɨ | -riñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
| 2nd pl | -ritomoɨ | -riñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | -riitomoɨ | -riñeitomoɨ | ||||
| 3rd pl anim1) | -ritɨmakɨ | -riñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | -riitɨmakɨ | -riñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
| 3rd neut | -rite | -riñede | 3rd neut | -riite | -riñeite | ||||
| Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
| simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
| -ri! -riño! |
-riñokai! | -riñeno! | -riza! | -riye | -rika | -riyɨ | -riñega | -riñeyɨ | -rikana |
| Conditional | |||||||||
| real | hypothetical | immediate | negative | ||||||
| -ria | -rina | -rikaina | -riñenia | ||||||
1) The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
*) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form.
**) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form.
Derived terms
Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -rite
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 139