uibiyɨ

Murui Huitoto

uibiyɨ
Root Classifier
uibi- -yɨ

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto uibiyɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈui̯bid͡ʒɯ]
  • Hyphenation: ui‧bi‧yɨ

Noun

uibiyɨ (collective uibiyɨe)

  1. Batocarpus amazonicus fruit
  2. (avoidance) synonym of janayari (“jaguar”)

Declension

Declension of uibiyɨ
singular plural
absolutive uibiyɨ uibiyɨaɨ
nominative uibiyɨdɨ uibiyɨaɨdɨ
accusative uibiyɨna uibiyɨaɨna
dative/locative uibiyɨmo uibiyɨaɨmo
ablative uibiyɨmona uibiyɨaɨmona
instrumental uibiyɨdo uibiyɨaɨdo
causal uibiyɨri uibiyɨaɨri
privative uibiyɨnino uibiyɨaɨnino
sequential uibiyɨnona uibiyɨaɨnona

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 244
  • 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
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