dobeño
Murui Huitoto
[edit]| dobeño | |
|---|---|
| Root | Classifier |
| dobɨ- | -ño |
Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to dobe (“crushing of yucca”) + -ño. The use of the feminine classifier refers to the fact that crushing yucca is traditionally a task for women.
Cognates include Minica Huitoto dobeño and Nüpode Huitoto dobeño.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobeño
Declension
[edit]Declension of dobeño
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Absolutive | dobeño | dobeñuaɨ |
| Nominative | dobeñodɨ | dobeñuaɨdɨ |
| Accusative | dobeñona | dobeñuaɨna |
| Dative/Locative | dobeñomo | dobeñuaɨmo |
| Ablative | dobeñomona | dobeñuaɨmona |
| Instrumental | dobeñodo | dobeñuaɨdo |
| Causal | dobeñori | dobeñuaɨri |
| Privative | dobeñonino | dobeñuaɨnino |
References
[edit]- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 64
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 76