aipinʉmʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈipidɨ̃bɨ̃/

Noun

aipinʉmʉ (plural aipinʉmʉa)

1. whenever (it works as adv. temp.; with v. interrogation it implies that the action is not going to occur; with v. neg. it means “never”)

   Aipinʉmʉ ji dainʉmʉ dacʉyʉmu yʉ.

   I'll come whenever.

   Aipinʉmʉ dabecʉbu yʉ.

   I will never come.

   ¿Aipinʉmʉ

   When will I come? (Probably never.)

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "aipinʉmʉ", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN