rafue

Murui Huitoto

rafue
Root Classifier
raa- -fue

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto rafue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɾaɸuwɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧fu‧e

Noun

rafue

  1. celebration, feast
  2. story, message, account
    • 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 rafue
singular plural
absolutive rafue rafuiaɨ
nominative rafuedɨ rafuiaɨdɨ
accusative rafuena rafuiaɨna
dative/locative rafuemo rafuiaɨmo
ablative rafuemona rafuiaɨmona
instrumental rafuedo rafuiaɨdo
causal rafueri rafuiaɨri
privative rafuenino rafuiaɨnino

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 209
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 218
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