biyama

Murui Huitoto

biyama
Root	Classifier
biya-	-ma

Etymology

Equivalent to biya (“arrival”) +‎ -ma, referring to the fact that a maternal uncle wasn't considered a blood relative.

Cognates include Minica Huitoto biyama and Nüpode Huitoto biyama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbid͡ʒama]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ya‧ma

Noun

biyama

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of biyama

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	biyama	biyamaɨaɨ	biyatɨaɨ
Nominative	biyamadɨ	biyamaɨaɨdɨ	biyatɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	biyamana	biyamaɨaɨna	biyatɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	biyamamo	biyamaɨaɨmo	biyatɨaɨmo
Ablative	biyamamona	biyamaɨaɨmona	biyatɨaɨmona
Instrumental	biyamado	biyamaɨaɨdo	biyatɨaɨdo
Causal	biyamari	biyamaɨaɨri	biyatɨaɨri
Privative	biyamanino	biyamaɨaɨnino	biyatɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 35
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 38