-zi

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Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Classifier

-zi

  1. Classifier for types of (raw) meat.

Derived terms

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 197

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • (after a consonant) -i

Etymology

What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. After addition of the suffix -i, this -l- was then spirantized to -z-.

Suffix

-zi

  1. suffix used after a vowel in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix
    -kimbia (to run) + ‎-zi → ‎mkimbizi (refugee)
    -teua (to choose) + ‎-zi → ‎uteuzi (nomination)

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