naimɨe

See also: na imię

Murui Huitoto

naimɨe
Root Classifier
nai- -mɨe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnai̯mɯɰɛ]
  • Hyphenation: nai‧mɨe

Noun

naimɨe (collective naie)

  1. he; that man
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.
      Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

Declension

Declension of naimɨe
singular plural
absolutive naimɨe
nominative naimɨedɨ
accusative naimɨena
dative/locative naimɨemo
ablative naimɨemona
instrumental naimɨedo
causal naimɨeri
privative naimɨenino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 186
  • 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