naɨraɨ

Murui Huitoto

naɨraɨ
Root	Classifier
naɨraɨ-	—

Etymology

Equivalent to naɨte (“to speak”) +‎ -raɨ. Cognates include Minica Huitoto naɨraɨ and Nüpode Huitoto naɨraɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaɯ̯ɾaɯ̯]
• Hyphenation: naɨ‧raɨ

Noun

naɨraɨ

1. tribe, clan
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:11:

     Naie facaiseconi Babilonia railla naɨraɨ dɨne naie naɨraɨ soldaduaɨ caɨ comɨnɨna uitɨmacɨ.

     In those times they, the Babilonian-speaking tribe, their tribe's soldiers then took our people.

Declension

Declension of naɨraɨ

	singular	plural
Absolutive	naɨraɨ	naɨraɨaɨ
Nominative	naɨraɨdɨ	naɨraɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	naɨraɨna	naɨraɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	naɨraɨmo	naɨraɨaɨmo
Ablative	naɨraɨmona	naɨraɨaɨmona
Instrumental	naɨraɨdo	naɨraɨaɨdo
Causal	naɨraɨri	naɨraɨaɨri
Privative	naɨraɨnino	naɨraɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 189
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 244