uzuma

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Murui Huitoto

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uzuma
Root Classifier
uzu- -ma

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto uzuma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈuθuma]
  • Hyphenation: u‧zu‧ma

Noun

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uzuma (collective uzumanɨaɨ, vocative uzu)

  1. grandfather
  2. forefather
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo usumatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ mamecɨaɨna omoɨmo lloitɨcue.
      I will tell you the names of the dead forefathers of Jesus Christ.

Declension

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(sometimes proscribed):

References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 252
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 37