kɨifo

Murui Huitoto

kɨifo
Root Classifier
kɨi- -fo

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto kɨifo (“beehive”) and Nüpode Huitoto kɨipo (“apiary”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɯɰiɸɔ]
  • Hyphenation: kɨ‧i‧fo

Noun

kɨifo

  1. honey
  2. wild beehive

Declension

Declension of kɨifo
singular plural
absolutive kɨifo kɨifuaɨ
nominative kɨifodɨ kɨifuaɨdɨ
accusative kɨifona kɨifuaɨna
dative/locative kɨifomo kɨifuaɨmo
ablative kɨifomona kɨifuaɨmona
instrumental kɨifodo kɨifuaɨdo
causal kɨifori kɨifuaɨri
privative kɨifonino kɨifuaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 55
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 195
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