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Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
Classifier
-zi
- 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
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
- 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”)
See also