bainino

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Formed as a privative of baite (“to find”). Cognate with Minica Huitoto bainino (“unfindable”) and Nüpode Huitoto bainino (“in secret”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbai̯ninɔ]
  • Hyphenation: bai‧ni‧no

Adverb

bainino

  1. in secret
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:19:
      María jai uruesillana naimɨe mɨcorɨ fɨdɨanona, naiñaiñona meidaitañellena jira, naiñaiñona bainino dotaacade.
      After he found out that Mary was already pregnant, because he became embarrassed with her, he wanted to leave her in secret.

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 32
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