okaina

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Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: o‧kai‧na

Etymology 1

okaina
Root Classifier
okaina- —

Cognates include Minica Huitoto okaina (“guara”) and Nüpode Huitoto okaina (“agouti”).

Noun

okaina

  1. animal
  2. (dialectal) Synonym of mɨgui
Declension
Declension of okaina
singular plural
Absolutive okaina —
Nominative okainadɨ —
Accusative okainana —
Dative/Locative okainamo —
Ablative okainamona —
Instrumental okainado —
Causal okainari —
Privative okainanino —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

okaina

  1. immediate conditional of ote

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 202
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 155
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