ñaɨte
(Redirected from naite)
Murui Huitoto[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps related to Minica Huitoto ñaɨte (“to sweep, scrape”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ñaɨte
- (transitive) to speak
- (intransitive) to talk
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ñaɨte
| Nonfuture indicative | Future indicative | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st sg | ñaɨtɨkue | ñaɨñedɨkue | 1st sg | ñaɨitɨkue | ñaɨñeitɨkue | ||||
| 2nd sg | ñaɨto | ñaɨñedo | 2nd sg | ñaɨito | ñaɨñeito | ||||
| 3rd sg anim1) | ñaɨtɨmɨe | ñaɨtɨñaiño | ñaɨñedɨmɨe | ñaɨñedɨñaiño | 3rd sg anim1) | ñaɨitɨmɨe | ñaɨitɨñaiño | ñaɨñeitɨmɨe | ñaɨñeitɨñaiño |
| 1st du | ñaɨtɨkoko | ñaɨtɨkaɨñaɨ | ñaɨñedɨkoko | ñaɨñedɨkaɨñaɨ | 1st du | ñaɨitɨkoko | ñaɨitɨkaɨñaɨ | ñaɨñeitɨkoko | ñaɨñeitɨkaɨñaɨ |
| 2nd du | ñaɨtomɨko | ñaɨtomɨñoɨ | ñaɨñedomɨko | ñaɨñedomɨñoɨ | 2nd du | ñaɨitomɨko | ñaɨitomɨñoɨ | ñaɨñeitomɨko | ñaɨñeitomɨñoɨ |
| 3rd du anim1) | ñaɨtaɨmaiaɨ | ñaɨtaɨñuaɨ | ñaɨñedaɨmaiaɨ | ñaɨñedaɨñuaɨ | 3rd du anim1) | ñaɨitaɨmaiaɨ | ñaɨitaɨñuaɨ | ñaɨñeitaɨmaiaɨ | ñaɨñeitaɨñuaɨ |
| 1st pl | ñaɨtɨkaɨ | ñaɨñedɨkaɨ | 1st pl | ñaɨitɨkaɨ | ñaɨñeitɨkaɨ | ||||
| 2nd pl | ñaɨtomoɨ | ñaɨñedomoɨ | 2nd pl | ñaɨitomoɨ | ñaɨñeitomoɨ | ||||
| 3rd pl anim1) | ñaɨtɨmakɨ | ñaɨñedɨmakɨ | 3rd pl anim1) | ñaɨitɨmakɨ | ñaɨñeitɨmakɨ | ||||
| 3rd neut | ñaɨte | ñaɨñede | 3rd neut | ñaɨite | ñaɨñeite | ||||
| Imperative | Apprehensive | Future event | Passive | Negative passive | Overlap | ||||
| simple | immediate | prohibitive | nonfuture | future | nonfuture | future | |||
| ñaɨno! | ñaɨnokai! | ñaɨñeno! | ñaɨza! | ñaɨye | ñaɨga | ñaɨyɨ | ñaɨñega | ñaɨñeyɨ | ñaɨkana |
| Conditional | 1) The animate 3rd singular inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used. *) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form. **) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form. | ||||||||
| real | hypothetical | immediate | |||||||
| ñaɨa | ñaɨna | ñaɨkaina | |||||||
References[edit]
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 199
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 129