aama
Murui Huitoto
[edit]| aama | |
|---|---|
| Root | Classifier |
| aama- | — |
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Minica Huitoto aama and Nüpode Huitoto aama.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aama
- brother (to a brother)
- 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:2, page 5:
- Judá mɨcorɨ amatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ moo jɨaɨ Jacob mɨcorɨ.
- The late Juda's late brothers' father was also the late Jacob.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | kinship plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | aama | aamaɨaɨ | aatɨaɨ |
| nominative | aamadɨ | aamaɨaɨdɨ | aatɨaɨdɨ |
| accusative | aamana | aamaɨaɨna | aatɨaɨna |
| dative/locative | aamamo | aamaɨaɨmo | aatɨaɨmo |
| ablative | aamamona | aamaɨaɨmona | aatɨaɨmona |
| instrumental | aamado | aamaɨaɨdo | aatɨaɨdo |
| causal | aamari | aamaɨaɨri | aatɨaɨri |
| privative | aamanino | aamaɨaɨnino | aatɨaɨnino |
(sometimes proscribed):
| singular | plural | kinship plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | aama | aamaɨaɨ | aamatɨaɨ |
| nominative | aamadɨ | aamaɨaɨdɨ | aamatɨaɨdɨ |
| accusative | aamana | aamaɨaɨna | aamatɨaɨna |
| dative/locative | aamamo | aamaɨaɨmo | aamatɨaɨmo |
| ablative | aamamona | aamaɨaɨmona | aamatɨaɨmona |
| instrumental | aamado | aamaɨaɨdo | aamatɨaɨdo |
| causal | aamari | aamaɨaɨri | aamatɨaɨri |
| privative | aamanino | aamaɨaɨnino | aamatɨaɨnino |
References
[edit]- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 24
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 150