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okaina

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Murui Huitoto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɔkai̯na]
  • Hyphenation: o‧kai‧na

Etymology 1

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okaina
Root Classifier
okaina-

Cognates include Minica Huitoto okaina (guara) and Nüpode Huitoto okaina (agouti).

Noun

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okaina

  1. animal
  2. (dialectal) Synonym of mɨgui
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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okaina

  1. immediate conditional of ote

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 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 155