maafaite
Murui Huitoto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Minica Huitoto maafaite and Nüpode Huitoto maapaitde.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maafaite
- (transitive) to threaten
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of maafaite
| Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st sg | maafaitɨkue | maafaiñedɨkue | 1st sg | maafaitɨkue | maafaiñeitɨkue | ||||
| 2nd sg | maafaito | maafaiñedo | 2nd sg | maafaito | maafaiñeito | ||||
| 3rd sg anim1) | maafaitɨmɨe | maafaitɨñaiño | maafaiñedɨmɨe | maafaiñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | maafaitɨmɨe | maafaitɨñaiño | maafaiñeitɨmɨe | maafaiñeitɨñaiño |
| 1st du | maafaitɨkoko | maafaitɨkaɨñaɨ | maafaiñedɨkoko | maafaiñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | maafaitɨkoko | maafaitɨkaɨñaɨ | maafaiñeitɨkoko | maafaiñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
| 2nd du | maafaitomɨko | maafaitomɨñoɨ | maafaiñedomɨko | maafaiñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | maafaitomɨko | maafaitomɨñoɨ | maafaiñeitomɨko | maafaiñeitomɨñoɨ |
| 3rd du anim1) | maafaitaɨmaiaɨ | maafaitaɨñuaɨ | maafaiñedaɨmaiaɨ | maafaiñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | maafaitaɨmaiaɨ | maafaitaɨñuaɨ | maafaiñeitaɨmaiaɨ | maafaiñeitaɨñuaɨ |
| 1st pl | maafaitɨkaɨ | maafaiñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | maafaitɨkaɨ | maafaiñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
| 2nd pl | maafaitomoɨ | maafaiñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | maafaitomoɨ | maafaiñeitomoɨ | ||||
| 3rd pl anim1) | maafaitɨmakɨ | maafaiñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | maafaitɨmakɨ | maafaiñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
| 3rd neut | maafaite | maafaiñede | 3rd neut | maafaite | maafaiñeite | ||||
| Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
| simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
| maafaiño! | maafaiñokai! | maafaiñeno! | maafaiza! | maafaiye | maafaiga | maafaiyɨ | maafaiñega | maafaiñeyɨ | maafaikana |
| Conditional | 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. | ||||||||
| real | hypothetical | immediate | |||||||
| maafaia | maafaina | maafaikaina | |||||||
References
[edit]- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 89