omoɨ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto omoɨ and Nüpode Huitoto omaɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔmɔɯ̯]
  • Hyphenation: o‧moɨ

Pronoun

omoɨ

  1. you all
    • 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 omoɨ
singular dual plural
m f
absolutive oo omɨko omɨñoɨ omoɨ
nominative oodɨ omɨkodɨ omɨñoɨdɨ omoɨdɨ
accusative oona omɨkona omɨñoɨna omoɨna
dative/locative oomo omɨkomo omɨñoɨmo omoɨmo
ablative oomona omɨkomona omɨñoɨmona omoɨmona
instrumental oodo omɨkodo omɨñoɨdo omoɨdo
causal oori omɨkori omɨñoɨri omoɨri
privative oonino omɨkonino omɨñoɨnino omoɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 204
  • 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