omoɨ
Murui Huitoto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognates include Minica Huitoto omoɨ and Nüpode Huitoto omaɨ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]omoɨ
- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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