jɨ

jɨ

Carapana

Pronoun

jɨ

1. I, the first person singular

   jɨ ukoagabīwɨ̄

   1sg smoke - compl - desid - contraexpectation - evid:past.visual

   I wanted to smoke (but [I saw that] it was not possible).

References

• Janet Barnes, Tucano, in The Amazonian Languages (Robert M. W. Dixon)

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Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *hï̄́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɯ]

Root

jɨ

1. egg

Derived terms

• jɨgɨ

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 382