mɨkorɨ

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɯkɔɾɯ]
• Hyphenation: mɨ‧ko‧rɨ

Noun

mɨkorɨ

1. late, dead person
   • 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

Declension of mɨkorɨ

	singular	plural
absolutive	mɨkorɨ	mɨkorɨaɨ
nominative	mɨkorɨdɨ	mɨkorɨaɨdɨ
accusative	mɨkorɨna	mɨkorɨaɨna
dative/locative	mɨkorɨmo	mɨkorɨaɨmo
ablative	mɨkorɨmona	mɨkorɨaɨmona
instrumental	mɨkorɨdo	mɨkorɨaɨdo
causal	mɨkorɨri	mɨkorɨaɨri
privative	mɨkorɨnino	mɨkorɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 183
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 536