uai

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuwai̯]
  • Hyphenation: u‧ai

Etymology 1

Cognate with Minica Huitoto uai and Nüpode Huitoto uai.

Noun

uai

  1. word
  2. voice
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:18:
      Naimɨe mɨcorɨ dɨga naiñaiño nia iñenia, Jesiñamui Joreño ie uaido naiñaiñona uruesitate.
      When she still wasn't married to him, the Holy Spirit impregnated her with its voice.
  3. language
  4. authority
Declension
Declension of uai
singular plural
absolutive uai uaiyaɨ
nominative uaidɨ uaiyaɨdɨ
accusative uaina uaiyaɨna
dative/locative uaimo uaiyaɨmo
ablative uaimona uaiyaɨmona
instrumental uaido uaiyaɨdo
causal uairi uaiyaɨri
privative uainino uaiyaɨnino
sequential uainona uaiyaɨnona

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uai

  1. affirmative imperative of uaite

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 231
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 266

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly borrowed from English why, or possibly an evolution of olhai from Portuguese or Galician

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈaj/ [ʊˈaɪ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwaj/ [ˈwaɪ̯]

  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: u‧ai

Interjection

uai

  1. (Brazil, especially in the Northeast and Southeast) why (exclamation of surprise)
  2. (Brazil, especially in the Northeast and Southeast) huh (expresses doubt or confusion)
    Synonym: ué

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