Murui Huitoto edit

mamekɨ
Root Classifier
mame- -kɨ

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mamekɨ and Nüpode Huitoto mamekɨ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmamɛkɯ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧me‧kɨ

Noun edit

mamekɨ

  1. name
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo usumatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ mamecɨaɨna omoɨmo lloitɨcue.
      I will tell you the names of the dead forefathers of Jesus Christ.

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 172
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 128