aama

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See also: ˀaama, ǂʼaama, and A.A.M.A.

Murui Huitoto

aama
Root Classifier
aama-

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto aama and Nüpode Huitoto aama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːma]
  • Hyphenation: aa‧ma

Noun

aama

  1. brother (to a brother)
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:2, page 5:
      Judá mɨcorɨ amatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ moo jɨaɨ Jacob mɨcorɨ.
      The late Juda's late brothers' father was also the late Jacob.

Declension

(sometimes proscribed):

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 24
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 150