ikɨkɨ

Murui Huitoto

ikɨkɨ
Root Classifier
ikɨ- -kɨ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈikɯkɯ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧kɨ‧kɨ

Noun

ikɨkɨ

  1. sorva (Couma macrocarpa) fruit
  2. (avoidance) synonym of jemɨ (woolly monkey)

Declension

Declension of ikɨkɨ
singular plural
absolutive ikɨkɨ ikɨkɨaɨ
nominative ikɨkɨdɨ ikɨkɨaɨdɨ
accusative ikɨkɨna ikɨkɨaɨna
dative/locative ikɨkɨmo ikɨkɨaɨmo
ablative ikɨkɨmona ikɨkɨaɨmona
instrumental ikɨkɨdo ikɨkɨaɨdo
causal ikɨkɨri ikɨkɨaɨri
privative ikɨkɨnino ikɨkɨaɨnino
sequential ikɨkɨnona ikɨkɨaɨnona

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983), “icɨcɨ”, in Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 107
  • Katarina Izabela Wojtylak (2015), “Fruits for Animals: Hunting Avoidance Speech Style in Murui (Witoto, Northwest Amazonia)”, in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, volume 41, number 41, pages 545-562