komoma

Murui Huitoto

komoma
Root	Classifier
komo-	-ma

Etymology

Equivalent to komo (“new”) +‎ -ma, referring to the fact that sororal cousins weren't seen as blood relatives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔmɔma]
• Hyphenation: ko‧mo‧ma

Noun

komoma

1. male sororal cousin (to a male)

Declension

Declension of komoma

	singular	plural	kinship plural
Absolutive	komoma	komomaɨaɨ	komotɨaɨ
Nominative	komomadɨ	komomaɨaɨdɨ	komotɨaɨdɨ
Accusative	komomana	komomaɨaɨna	komotɨaɨna
Dative/Locative	komomamo	komomaɨaɨmo	komotɨaɨmo
Ablative	komomamona	komomaɨaɨmona	komotɨaɨmona
Instrumental	komomado	komomaɨaɨdo	komotɨaɨdo
Causal	komomari	komomaɨaɨri	komotɨaɨri
Privative	komomanino	komomaɨaɨnino	komotɨaɨnino

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 48
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 40