uzuma

Murui Huitoto

uzuma
Root	Classifier
uzu-	-ma

Alternative forms

• usuma (superseded)

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto uzuma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuθuma]
• Hyphenation: u‧zu‧ma

Noun

uzuma (collective uzumanɨaɨ, vocative uzu)

1. grandfather
2. forefather
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Jesucristo usumatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ mamecɨaɨna omoɨmo lloitɨcue.

     I will tell you the names of the dead forefathers of Jesus Christ.

Declension

Declension of uzuma

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	uzuma	uzumaɨaɨ	uzutɨaɨ
Nominative	uzumadɨ	uzumaɨaɨdɨ	uzutɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	uzumana	uzumaɨaɨna	uzutɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	uzumamo	uzumaɨaɨmo	uzutɨaɨmo
Ablative	uzumamona	uzumaɨaɨmona	uzutɨaɨmona
Instrumental	uzumado	uzumaɨaɨdo	uzutɨaɨdo
Causal	uzumari	uzumaɨaɨri	uzutɨaɨri
Privative	uzumanino	uzumaɨaɨnino	uzutɨaɨnino

(sometimes proscribed):

Declension of uzuma

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	uzuma	uzumaɨaɨ	uzumatɨaɨ
Nominative	uzumadɨ	uzumaɨaɨdɨ	uzumatɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	uzumana	uzumaɨaɨna	uzumatɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	uzumamo	uzumaɨaɨmo	uzumatɨaɨmo
Ablative	uzumamona	uzumaɨaɨmona	uzumatɨaɨmona
Instrumental	uzumado	uzumaɨaɨdo	uzumatɨaɨdo
Causal	uzumari	uzumaɨaɨri	uzumatɨaɨri
Privative	uzumanino	uzumaɨaɨnino	uzumatɨaɨnino

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