ofaiño

Murui Huitoto

ofaiño
Root	Classifier
ofai-	-ño

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ofaiño and Nüpode Huitoto opaiño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɸai̯ɲɔ]
• Hyphenation: o‧fai‧ño

Noun

ofaiño

1. sister-in-law (of a male)

Declension

Declension of ofaiño

	singular	plural	kinship plural
absolutive	ofaiño	ofaiñuaɨ	ofaiñotɨaɨ
nominative	ofaiñodɨ	ofaiñuaɨdɨ	ofaiñotɨaɨdɨ
accusative	ofaiñona	ofaiñuaɨna	ofaiñotɨaɨna
dative/locative	ofaiñomo	ofaiñuaɨmo	ofaiñotɨaɨmo
ablative	ofaiñomona	ofaiñuaɨmona	ofaiñotɨaɨmona
instrumental	ofaiñodo	ofaiñuaɨdo	ofaiñotɨaɨdo
causal	ofaiñori	ofaiñuaɨri	ofaiñotɨaɨri
privative	ofaiñonino	ofaiñuaɨnino	ofaiñotɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 202
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 42