yoema
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Murui Huitoto[edit]
yoema | |
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Root | Classifier |
yoe- | -ma |
Etymology[edit]
The use of the masculine classifier refers to the fact that tree-cutting is traditionally seen as a job of men.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yoema
Declension[edit]
Declension of yoema
singular | plural | |
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Absolutive | yoema | yoemaɨaɨ |
Nominative | yoemadɨ | yoemaɨaɨdɨ |
Accusative | yoemana | yoemaɨaɨna |
Dative/Locative | yoemamo | yoemaɨaɨmo |
Ablative | yoemamona | yoemaɨaɨmona |
Instrumental | yoemado | yoemaɨaɨdo |
Causal | yoemari | yoemaɨaɨri |
Privative | yoemanino | yoemaɨaɨnino |
References[edit]
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 163
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 126