zedade

Murui Huitoto

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈθɛdadɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ze‧da‧de

Verb

zedade

  1. (intransitive) to care
  2. (transitive) to care for
  3. (intransitive) to wait
  4. (transitive) to wait for

Conjugation

Conjugation of zedade
Nonfuture indicative Future indicative
affirmative negative affirmative negative
m f m f m f m f
1st sg zedadɨkue zedañedɨkue 1st sg zedaitɨkue zedañeitɨkue
2nd sg zedado zedañedo 2nd sg zedaito zedañeito
3rd sg anim1) zedadɨmɨe zedadɨñaiño zedañedɨmɨe zedañedɨñaiño 3rd sg anim1) zedaitɨmɨe zedaitɨñaiño zedañeitɨmɨe zedañeitɨñaiño
1st du zedadɨkoko zedadɨkaɨñaɨ zedañedɨkoko zedañedɨkaɨñaɨ 1st du zedaitɨkoko zedaitɨkaɨñaɨ zedañeitɨkoko zedañeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du zedadomɨko zedadomɨñoɨ zedañedomɨko zedañedomɨñoɨ 2nd du zedaitomɨko zedaitomɨñoɨ zedañeitomɨko zedañeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim1) zedadaɨmaiaɨ zedadaɨñuaɨ zedañedaɨmaiaɨ zedañedaɨñuaɨ 3rd du anim1) zedaitaɨmaiaɨ zedaitaɨñuaɨ zedañeitaɨmaiaɨ zedañeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl zedadɨkaɨ zedañedɨkaɨ 1st pl zedaitɨkaɨ zedañeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl zedadomoɨ zedañedomoɨ 2nd pl zedaitomoɨ zedañeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim1) zedadɨmakɨ zedañedɨmakɨ 3rd pl anim1) zedaitɨmakɨ zedañeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut zedade zedañede 3rd neut zedaite zedañeite
Imperative Apprehensive Future event Passive Negative passive Overlap
simple immediate prohibitive nonfuture future nonfuture future
zeda!
zedano!
zedanokai! zedañeno! zedaiza! zedaye zedaga zedayɨ zedañega zedañeyɨ zedakana
Conditional
real hypothetical immediate negative
zedaia zedana zedakaina zedañenia

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 223
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 129