naɨraɨ

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Murui Huitoto

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naɨraɨ
Root Classifier
naɨraɨ-

Etymology

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Equivalent to naɨte (to speak) +‎ -raɨ. Cognates include Minica Huitoto naɨraɨ and Nüpode Huitoto naɨraɨ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnaɯ̯ɾaɯ̯]
  • Hyphenation: naɨ‧raɨ

Noun

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naɨraɨ

  1. tribe, clan
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:11:
      Naie facaiseconi Babilonia railla naɨraɨ dɨne naie naɨraɨ soldaduaɨ caɨ comɨnɨna uitɨmacɨ.
      In those times they, the Babilonian-speaking tribe, their tribe's soldiers then took our people.

Declension

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References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 189
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 244