mamekɨ
Murui Huitoto
[edit]| mamekɨ | |
|---|---|
| Root | Classifier |
| mame- | -kɨ |
Etymology
[edit]Cognates include Minica Huitoto mamekɨ and Nüpode Huitoto mamekɨ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamekɨ
- name
- 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
[edit]Declension of mamekɨ
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Absolutive | mamekɨ | mamekɨaɨ |
| Nominative | mamekɨdɨ | mamekɨaɨdɨ |
| Accusative | mamekɨna | mamekɨaɨna |
| Dative/Locative | mamekɨmo | mamekɨaɨmo |
| Ablative | mamekɨmona | mamekɨaɨmona |
| Instrumental | mamekɨdo | mamekɨaɨdo |
| Causal | mamekɨri | mamekɨaɨri |
| Privative | mamekɨnino | mamekɨaɨnino |
References
[edit]- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 172
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 128