nɨkaɨde
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognate with Minica Huitoto nɨkaɨde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɯkaɯ̯dɛ]
- Hyphenation: nɨ‧kaɨ‧de
Verb
nɨkaɨde
Conjugation
| Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st sg | nɨkaɨdɨkue | nɨkaɨñedɨkue | 1st sg | nɨkaɨitɨkue | nɨkaɨñeitɨkue | ||||
| 2nd sg | nɨkaɨdo | nɨkaɨñedo | 2nd sg | nɨkaɨito | nɨkaɨñeito | ||||
| 3rd sg anim1) | nɨkaɨdɨmɨe | nɨkaɨdɨñaiño | nɨkaɨñedɨmɨe | nɨkaɨñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | nɨkaɨitɨmɨe | nɨkaɨitɨñaiño | nɨkaɨñeitɨmɨe | nɨkaɨñeitɨñaiño |
| 1st du | nɨkaɨdɨkoko | nɨkaɨdɨkaɨñaɨ | nɨkaɨñedɨkoko | nɨkaɨñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | nɨkaɨitɨkoko | nɨkaɨitɨkaɨñaɨ | nɨkaɨñeitɨkoko | nɨkaɨñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
| 2nd du | nɨkaɨdomɨko | nɨkaɨdomɨñoɨ | nɨkaɨñedomɨko | nɨkaɨñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | nɨkaɨitomɨko | nɨkaɨitomɨñoɨ | nɨkaɨñeitomɨko | nɨkaɨñeitomɨñoɨ |
| 3rd du anim1) | nɨkaɨdaɨmaiaɨ | nɨkaɨdaɨñuaɨ | nɨkaɨñedaɨmaiaɨ | nɨkaɨñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | nɨkaɨitaɨmaiaɨ | nɨkaɨitaɨñuaɨ | nɨkaɨñeitaɨmaiaɨ | nɨkaɨñeitaɨñuaɨ |
| 1st pl | nɨkaɨdɨkaɨ | nɨkaɨñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | nɨkaɨitɨkaɨ | nɨkaɨñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
| 2nd pl | nɨkaɨdomoɨ | nɨkaɨñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | nɨkaɨitomoɨ | nɨkaɨñeitomoɨ | ||||
| 3rd pl anim1) | nɨkaɨdɨmakɨ | nɨkaɨñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | nɨkaɨitɨmakɨ | nɨkaɨñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
| 3rd neut | nɨkaɨde | nɨkaɨñede | 3rd neut | nɨkaɨite | nɨkaɨñeite | ||||
| Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
| simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
| nɨkaɨ! nɨkaɨno! |
nɨkaɨnokai! | nɨkaɨñeno! | nɨkaɨza! | nɨkaɨye | nɨkaɨga | nɨkaɨyɨ | nɨkaɨñega | nɨkaɨñeyɨ | nɨkaɨkana |
| Conditional | |||||||||
| real | hypothetical | immediate | negative | ||||||
| nɨkaɨa | nɨkaɨna | nɨkaɨkaina | nɨkaɨñenia | ||||||
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
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 398