ñaɨte

Murui Huitoto

Alternative forms

ñaɨ̀te

Etymology

Perhaps related to Minica Huitoto ñaɨte (“to sweep, scrape”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɲaɯ̯tɛ]
Hyphenation: ñaɨ‧te

Verb

ñaɨte

(transitive) to speak
(intransitive) to talk

Conjugation

Conjugation of ñaɨte

Nonfuture indicative					Future indicative
	affirmative		negative			affirmative		negative
	m	f	m	f		m	f	m	f
1st sg	ñaɨtɨkue		ñaɨñedɨkue		1st sg	ñaɨitɨkue		ñaɨñeitɨkue
2nd sg	ñaɨto		ñaɨñedo		2nd sg	ñaɨito		ñaɨñeito
3rd sg anim¹⁾	ñaɨtɨmɨe	ñaɨtɨñaiño	ñaɨñedɨmɨe	ñaɨñedɨñaiño	3rd sg anim¹⁾	ñaɨitɨmɨe	ñaɨitɨñaiño	ñaɨñeitɨmɨe	ñaɨñeitɨñaiño
1st du	ñaɨtɨkoko	ñaɨtɨkaɨñaɨ	ñaɨñedɨkoko	ñaɨñedɨkaɨñaɨ	1st du	ñaɨitɨkoko	ñaɨitɨkaɨñaɨ	ñaɨñeitɨkoko	ñaɨñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du	ñaɨtomɨko	ñaɨtomɨñoɨ	ñaɨñedomɨko	ñaɨñedomɨñoɨ	2nd du	ñaɨitomɨko	ñaɨitomɨñoɨ	ñaɨñeitomɨko	ñaɨñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim¹⁾	ñaɨtaɨmaiaɨ	ñaɨtaɨñuaɨ	ñaɨñedaɨmaiaɨ	ñaɨñedaɨñuaɨ	3rd du anim¹⁾	ñaɨitaɨmaiaɨ	ñaɨitaɨñuaɨ	ñaɨñeitaɨmaiaɨ	ñaɨñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl	ñaɨtɨkaɨ		ñaɨñedɨkaɨ		1st pl	ñaɨitɨkaɨ		ñaɨñeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl	ñaɨtomoɨ		ñaɨñedomoɨ		2nd pl	ñaɨitomoɨ		ñaɨñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim¹⁾	ñaɨtɨmakɨ		ñaɨñedɨmakɨ		3rd pl anim¹⁾	ñaɨitɨmakɨ		ñaɨñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut	ñaɨte		ñaɨñede		3rd neut	ñaɨite		ñaɨñeite
Imperative			Apprehensive	Future event	Passive		Negative passive		Overlap
simple	immediate	prohibitive	Apprehensive	Future event	nonfuture	future	nonfuture	future	Overlap
ñaɨno!	ñaɨnokai!	ñaɨñeno!	ñaɨza!	ñaɨye	ñaɨga	ñaɨyɨ	ñaɨñega	ñaɨñeyɨ	ñaɨkana
Conditional			¹⁾ The animate 3rd singular inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used. ^) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo* directly to the inflected form. ^*) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za* and -ta may be added to any indicative form.
real	hypothetical	immediate
ñaɨa	ñaɨna	ñaɨkaina

References

Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 199
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 129