komuiya rafue

Murui Huitoto

komuiya rafue
Root Classifier
raa- -fue

Etymology

Literally: "Story of growing".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔmui̯d͡ʒa ˈɾaɸuwɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧mui‧ya ra‧fu‧e

Noun

komuiya rafue

  1. origin story
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:18:
      Jesucristo comuilla rafuena lloitɨcue.
      I will tell the origin story of Jesus Christ.

Declension

Declension of komuiya rafue
singular plural
absolutive komuiya rafue komuiya rafuiaɨ
nominative komuiya rafuedɨ komuiya rafuiaɨdɨ
accusative komuiya rafuena komuiya rafuiaɨna
dative/locative komuiya rafuemo komuiya rafuiaɨmo
ablative komuiya rafuemona komuiya rafuiaɨmona
instrumental komuiya rafuedo komuiya rafuiaɨdo
causal komuiya rafueri komuiya rafuiaɨri
privative komuiya rafuenino komuiya rafuiaɨnino
sequential komuiya rafuenona komuiya rafuiaɨnona

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 534