uzuño

Murui Huitoto

uzuño
Root	Classifier
uzu-	-ño

Alternative forms

• usuño (superseded)

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto uzungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuθuɲɔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧zu‧ño

Noun

uzuño (collective uzuñonɨaɨ, vocative uzu)

1. grandmother

Declension

Declension of uzuño

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	uzuño	uzuñuaɨ	uzutɨaɨ
Nominative	uzuñodɨ	uzuñuaɨdɨ	uzutɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	uzuñona	uzuñuaɨna	uzutɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	uzuñomo	uzuñuaɨmo	uzutɨaɨmo
Ablative	uzuñomona	uzuñuaɨmona	uzutɨaɨmona
Instrumental	uzuñodo	uzuñuaɨdo	uzutɨaɨdo
Causal	uzuñori	uzuñuaɨri	uzutɨaɨri
Privative	uzuñonino	uzuñuaɨnino	uzutɨaɨnino

(rare, sometimes proscribed):

Declension of uzuño

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	uzuño	uzuñuaɨ	uzuñotɨaɨ
Nominative	uzuñodɨ	uzuñuaɨdɨ	uzuñotɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	uzuñona	uzuñuaɨna	uzuñotɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	uzuñomo	uzuñuaɨmo	uzuñotɨaɨmo
Ablative	uzuñomona	uzuñuaɨmona	uzuñotɨaɨmona
Instrumental	uzuñodo	uzuñuaɨdo	uzuñotɨaɨdo
Causal	uzuñori	uzuñuaɨri	uzuñotɨaɨri
Privative	uzuñonino	uzuñuaɨnino	uzuñotɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 252
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 37