Murui Huitoto edit

komɨnɨ
Root Classifier
komɨ- -nɨ

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto komɨnɨ and Nüpode Huitoto komɨnɨ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔmɯnɯ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧mɨ‧nɨ

Noun edit

komɨnɨ (collective)

  1. people
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.
      Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.
  2. hamlet

Declension edit

References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 49
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 207