jɨɨ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jɨɨ and Nüpode Huitoto jɨɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɯː]
• Hyphenation: jɨɨ

Interjection

jɨɨ

1. yes (expresses affirmation)
2. aye (expresses acknowledgment)
3. yes! hooray! (expresses contentment)

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 155
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 115