jɨkanote
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
From jɨka- (“to request”) + -note. Cognates include Minica Huitoto jɨkanote and Nüpode Huitoto jɨkanotde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɯkanɔtɛ]
- Hyphenation: jɨ‧ka‧no‧te
Verb
jɨkanote
- (transitive) to ask
- (transitive) to ask to marry
- 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:18:
- Naiñaiñona jɨcanotɨmɨedɨ José mɨcorɨ.
- The late Joseph asked to marry her.
Conjugation
| Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st sg | jɨkanotɨkue | jɨkanoñedɨkue | 1st sg | jɨkanoitɨkue | jɨkanoñeitɨkue | ||||
| 2nd sg | jɨkanoto | jɨkanoñedo | 2nd sg | jɨkanoito | jɨkanoñeito | ||||
| 3rd sg anim1) | jɨkanotɨmɨe | jɨkanotɨñaiño | jɨkanoñedɨmɨe | jɨkanoñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | jɨkanoitɨmɨe | jɨkanoitɨñaiño | jɨkanoñeitɨmɨe | jɨkanoñeitɨñaiño |
| 1st du | jɨkanotɨkoko | jɨkanotɨkaɨñaɨ | jɨkanoñedɨkoko | jɨkanoñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | jɨkanoitɨkoko | jɨkanoitɨkaɨñaɨ | jɨkanoñeitɨkoko | jɨkanoñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
| 2nd du | jɨkanotomɨko | jɨkanotomɨñoɨ | jɨkanoñedomɨko | jɨkanoñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | jɨkanoitomɨko | jɨkanoitomɨñoɨ | jɨkanoñeitomɨko | jɨkanoñeitomɨñoɨ |
| 3rd du anim1) | jɨkanotaɨmaiaɨ | jɨkanotaɨñuaɨ | jɨkanoñedaɨmaiaɨ | jɨkanoñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | jɨkanoitaɨmaiaɨ | jɨkanoitaɨñuaɨ | jɨkanoñeitaɨmaiaɨ | jɨkanoñeitaɨñuaɨ |
| 1st pl | jɨkanotɨkaɨ | jɨkanoñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | jɨkanoitɨkaɨ | jɨkanoñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
| 2nd pl | jɨkanotomoɨ | jɨkanoñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | jɨkanoitomoɨ | jɨkanoñeitomoɨ | ||||
| 3rd pl anim1) | jɨkanotɨmakɨ | jɨkanoñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | jɨkanoitɨmakɨ | jɨkanoñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
| 3rd neut | jɨkanote | jɨkanoñede | 3rd neut | jɨkanoite | jɨkanoñeite | ||||
| Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
| simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
| jɨkano! jɨkanono! |
jɨkanonokai! | jɨkanoñeno! | jɨkanoiza! | jɨkanoye | jɨkanoga | jɨkanoyɨ | jɨkanoñega | jɨkanoñeyɨ | jɨkanokana |
| Conditional | |||||||||
| real | hypothetical | immediate | negative | ||||||
| jɨkanoia | jɨkanona | jɨkanokaina | jɨkanoñenia | ||||||
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
References
- Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 149
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 464