buude

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From buu (“who?”) +‎ -de.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbuːdɛ]
Hyphenation: buu‧de

Verb

buude

(stative) to be whom?
¿Buudo? ― Who are you?

Conjugation

Conjugation of *buude*
Nonfuture indicative					Future indicative
	affirmative		negative			affirmative		negative
	m	f	m	f		m	f	m	f
1st sg	buudɨkue		buuñedɨkue		1st sg	buuitɨkue		buuñeitɨkue
2nd sg	buudo		buuñedo		2nd sg	buuito		buuñeito
3rd sg anim¹⁾	buudɨmɨe	buudɨñaiño	buuñedɨmɨe	buuñedɨñaiño	3rd sg anim¹⁾	buuitɨmɨe	buuitɨñaiño	buuñeitɨmɨe	buuñeitɨñaiño
1st du	buudɨkoko	buudɨkaɨñaɨ	buuñedɨkoko	buuñedɨkaɨñaɨ	1st du	buuitɨkoko	buuitɨkaɨñaɨ	buuñeitɨkoko	buuñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du	buudomɨko	buudomɨñoɨ	buuñedomɨko	buuñedomɨñoɨ	2nd du	buuitomɨko	buuitomɨñoɨ	buuñeitomɨko	buuñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim¹⁾	buudaɨmaiaɨ	buudaɨñuaɨ	buuñedaɨmaiaɨ	buuñedaɨñuaɨ	3rd du anim¹⁾	buuitaɨmaiaɨ	buuitaɨñuaɨ	buuñeitaɨmaiaɨ	buuñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl	buudɨkaɨ		buuñedɨkaɨ		1st pl	buuitɨkaɨ		buuñeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl	buudomoɨ		buuñedomoɨ		2nd pl	buuitomoɨ		buuñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim¹⁾	buudɨmakɨ		buuñedɨmakɨ		3rd pl anim¹⁾	buuitɨmakɨ		buuñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut	buude		buuñede		3rd neut	buuite		buuñeite
Imperative			Apprehensive	Future event	Passive		Negative passive		Overlap
simple	immediate	prohibitive	Apprehensive	Future event	nonfuture	future	nonfuture	future	Overlap
buu! buuno!	buunokai!	buuñeno!	buuiza!	buuye	—	—	—	—	buukana
Conditional
real	hypothetical	immediate	negative
buuia	buuna	buukaina	buuñenia

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.

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 171