fekorai

Murui Huitoto

fekorai
Root Classifier
feko- -rai

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto fekorai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸɛkɔɾai̯]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ko‧rai

Noun

fekorai

  1. sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum)
  2. (avoidance) synonym of fekoda (edible larva)

Declension

Declension of fekorai
singular plural
absolutive fekorai fekoraiyaɨ
nominative fekoraidɨ fekoraiyaɨdɨ
accusative fekoraina fekoraiyaɨna
dative/locative fekoraimo fekoraiyaɨmo
ablative fekoraimona fekoraiyaɨmona
instrumental fekoraido fekoraiyaɨdo
causal fekorairi fekoraiyaɨri
privative fekorainino fekoraiyaɨnino
sequential fekorainona fekoraiyaɨnona

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 54