konirue

Murui Huitoto

konirue
Root Classifier
koni- -rue

Etymology

Probably originally meaning "fellow's things", shifted to mean the fellow himself.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔniɾuwɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ni‧ru‧e

Noun

konirue (collective koninruenɨaɨ)

  1. lad, fellow

Declension

Declension of konirue
singular plural
absolutive konirue koniruiaɨ
nominative koniruedɨ koniruiaɨdɨ
accusative koniruena koniruiaɨna
dative/locative koniruemo koniruiaɨmo
ablative koniruemona koniruiaɨmona
instrumental koniruedo koniruiaɨdo
causal konirueri koniruiaɨri
privative koniruenino koniruiaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 49
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 124
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