kaɨ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kai"

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto kaɨ and Nüpode Huitoto kaɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaɯ̯]
  • Hyphenation: kaɨ

Pronoun

kaɨ

  1. we

Declension

Declension of kaɨ
singular dual plural
m f
absolutive kue koko kaiñaɨ kaɨ
nominative kuedɨ kokodɨ kaiñaɨdɨ kaɨdɨ
accusative kuena kokona kaiñaɨna kaɨna
dative/locative kuemo kokomo kaiñaɨmo kaɨmo
ablative kuemona kokomona kaiñaɨmona kaɨmona
instrumental kuedo kokodo kaiñaɨdo kaɨdo
causal kueri kokori kaiñaɨri kaɨri
privative kuenino kokonino kaiñaɨnino kaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 45
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 157