omoɨ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto omoɨ and Nüpode Huitoto omaɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔmɔɯ̯]
• Hyphenation: o‧moɨ

Pronoun

omoɨ

1. 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

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

• 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