jofo

Murui Huitoto

jofo
Root	Classifier
jo-	-fo

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jofo and Nüpode Huitoto jopo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɔɸɔ]
• Hyphenation: jo‧fo

Noun

jofo (collective jofonɨaɨ)

1. house

Declension

Declension of jofo

	singular	plural
Absolutive	jofo	—
Nominative	jofodɨ	—
Accusative	jofona	—
Dative/Locative	jofomo	—
Ablative	jofomona	—
Instrumental	jofodo	—
Causal	jofori	—
Privative	jofonino	—

Derived terms

• jofochupi
• jofoñaiño

 

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 142
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127