Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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From jaɨ (oar) +‎ -te. Cognates include Minica Huitoto jaɨte and Nüpode Huitoto jaɨtde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhaɯ̯tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: jaɨ‧te

Verb

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jaɨte

  1. (intransitive) to paddle

Conjugation

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References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 127
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 107