zuriya
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
From zuri (“to sing badly”) + -ya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈθu.ɾi.d͡ʒa]
- Hyphenation: zu‧ri‧ya
Noun
zuriya
- (by birds) bad singing
- (by birds) announcement of bad news
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 514