Murui Huitoto Dictionary — PE

prefix indicating location or motion related to above

up

brother (to a brother)

far away

to be long; tall

river stretch (long unbent part of a river)

to spy on

upriver

see afai

a brief moment ago

to run

wife

wind

titi (type of monkey)

scorpion

to show

dolphin

wood

tree

down, below

bottom (place below)

synonym of ananeko

maloca

uphill

chicken

to bring

to bring

to die

giant armadillo

in secret

to find

trumpeter

maize

corncob

to come

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of bite

maternal uncle

to burn

what?

what man?

what things?

who?

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of boode

to be whom?

superseded spelling of kakade

superseded spelling of kazide

superseded spelling of kɨode

one

superseded spelling of dade

alternative form of daje

one

once

superseded spelling of dayu

for a moment

nose

and

tobacco

cigarette

tobacco plant

crushing of yucca

to crush

basin

silky anteater

nose

to want to throw

to throw

illness

to chew (coca)

third-person singular masculine affirmative nonfuture indicative of dute

to cry

macaw

leprosy

tayra

mother

white-lipped peccary

mother

foot

foot

sole of the foot

toe

toenail

foot

sole of the foot

to feed

male cousin

female cousin

very

mirror

giant anteater

giant anteater

giant anteater meat

to be bitter

inside

to look at

eruaɨde

piculet

piculet

sister

sister (to a female)

thrower

to throw

to read

when

for

to tell a fairy tale about

to hit

slowly

flying

to fly

downhill, downwards

slowly

slowly

airplane

see feeɨ

edible larva

mojojoy (edible larvae)

sweet pepper

capybara

alternative form of fereaiño

to choose

choosers (group that chooses)

to die

death (affirmative nonfuture)

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of fɨdɨde

to know

agouti

to lie down (in a hammock)

to fast

superseded spelling of fɨmaide

to want to make

to make

to come make

moon

in, inside

in, inside

downriver

alternative spelling of fuirɨ

mouth

cutting of hair

scissors

to cut hair

cat

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of guite

eating

oesophagus

to eat

superseded spelling of guite

food

this, that

the two of them (male)

pike cichlid

hill

then

then

tongue

sorva tree

sorva fruit

sorva tree

at once

little finger

to give

hair, fur

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of ite

chief

tooth

tooth

teeth

paternal uncle

to be similar

to want to buy

to buy

to close

head

head

hair on the head

otter

aunt

man

man

brother (to a sister)

tomorrow

for one day

alternative form of ɨkare

paca

husband

to sleep

soon

to go

to be hidden

alternative spelling of jaka

in the past

already

alternative form of jae

in the past

some time ago

oar, paddle

orphan

sister-in-law

oar, paddle

oar

to paddle

always

to be unripe

jaguar

ring finger

abdomen

stomach

common opossum

ear

to give birth to

brown woolly monkey

inside

Jesus Christ

Holy Spirit

to be ripe

to be red

coca

coca

coca tree

peach palm fruits

peach palm seed

peach palm fruit

peach palm

opossums

opossum

Yagua

night monkey

Yagua man

Yagua woman

Yagua people

testicle

testicle

testicle

out

because of

thus

drinking

to drink

drinking vessel

in the morning, at dusk

son

Sun

giant otter

daughter

brown-mantled tamarin

egg

other

other one

superseded spelling of jɨkade

jɨkanogañaiño

to be sour

superseded spelling of jɨko

father-in-law

mother-in-law

match, game

court, field

fairy tale

fairy tales

to play

match, game

tapir

tapir

egg

stick

stick

yes

to request

girlfriend

to ask

dog

water

jɨnui

interjection of feeling

house

war

to burn

war

house

small house

housewife

to wash

to lay

image

spirit

to seem

a male given name: Juan, John

to be Juan

to make the sound of a tapir

porcupine

God

we two (feminine)

we

to listen to

Emphatic form of kakade

cheek

to wake up

honey

honey

honeycomb

Vismia macrophylla

squirrel

red-tailed squirrel

neck

neck

neck

sight

to see

eyewear

shotgun

we two (masculine)

moriche palm

rotten moriche palm in the form of a bulge

seed of a moriche palm fruit

moriche palm fruit in a bag

person

heart

Person

People or hamlet

male sororal cousin

computer

to grow

to grow

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of komuide

origin story

alternative form of komputadora

lad

each other; one another (in a group containing males)

lad

mouse opossum

believer

I

to be finished

iguana

to write

to threaten

condor

A species of lizard.

enough

let's

see mai

cassava, yuca

stem of a yuca

to work

to keep working

enough

name

to name

name

to heal

to heal for a long time

male healer

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of manode

good

good man

to be heavy

afterwards

to get embarrassed

two

twice

collared peccary

mouse

sister

sister (to a male)

agouti

late, dead person

patashte

patashte (fruit)

rear

buttocks

vagina

sky

father

uncle-in-law

uncle-in-law

father

middle finger

Murui people

to be Murui

The mythological ancestor of the Murui peoples.

Murui woman

to feel sorry for

each, every

this, that

they

he; that man

she

later

night

at night

tribe, clan

to speak

to speak

superseded spelling of ñaɨte

all

first

yesterday

chambira

chambira (palm)

southern naked-tailed armadillo

southern naked-tailed armadillo

still

which one?

nɨeze

how?

which?

to see in a dream

to dream of

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of nɨkaɨrite

which man?

where?

when?

Andean squirrel

stone

superseded spelling of nofɨko

rock

canoe

toucan

rain

anaconda, boa

black caracara

anaconda

umari

umari fruit

sister-in-law

sister-in-law (of a male)

brother-in-law (to a male)

sister-in-law (to a female)

animal

brother-in-law (to a female)

tail

you two (masculine)

you two (feminine)

you all

you

what is your name

banana

banana

brother-in-law

to send

to get

Paul

to be Paul

trousers

to kick

Polish (language)

to hit

thing

story

to say

to arrive

to plant

woman

thumb

thumb

female tapir

thumb

absolutive plural of rɨño

to eat meat

to want to sing

to carry

to cook

to sing

zedade

devil

Virola tree

to eat a fruit of the Virola tree

fruit of the Virola tree

Virola tree

to hit

to be open

word

to argue

to go get

eye

Batocarpus amazonicus fruit

to become grey-haired

index finger

mosquito

face

to know

eyes

eyelashes

wasp

wasp

child

child

to be pregnant

to impregnate

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of uruezide

superseded spelling of uzuma

superseded spelling of uzuño

grandparent

grandfather

to customarily be a grandfather

grandmother

absolutive kinship plural

chachalaca

sloth (animal)

kingfisher

kingfisher

fish

fish

to smoke (fish)

meat

metal

axe

to learn often

to start learning often

nonfuture passive of yofueoikaide

disciples

to teach

to want to tell

Verbal noun

to tell (of)

rotten wood

to care for

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of zedade

female caretaker

to be poisonous

to sing badly

affirmative nonfuture verbal noun of zuride

Used to form andative verbs: to go to ...

Used to form ventive verbs: to come to ...

Classifier for two male people.

Desiderative suffix

leaf-shaped classifier

Classifier for tree stems that are tuberous.

suffix for verb derivation

alternative form of -tɨ-

Repeater for the tapir

Classifier for pointy objects

classifier for high objects

Classifier for objects in the form of a bulge.

classifier

classifier for sides or thick objects

Used to form customary verbs

Classifier for stories

classifier for large, oval objects

Classifier for objects made of leather or skin.

Classifier for tubes made of leather or skin

alternative form of -akade

emphatic suffix

alternative form of -a

Repeater of nokae

habitual suffix

Classifier for round objects

Classifier for cover or spheres

Classifier for masculine animate nouns

Classifier with an uncertain meaning.

Classifier for male people

Classifier for trees

classifier for female people

alternative spelling of -ñaiño

Classifier for people

Classifier for groups of people.

Classifier for feminine animate nouns.

semelfactive marker

Classifier for long, flexible objects.

Classifier for inanimate objects

Classifier for bush-like objects

-er

Used to form attributive verbs

at

Classifier for collectives of unspecified things.

Used to form causative verbs.

Links roots and classifiers.

Classifier for fur or hair

Classifier for vehicles.

Forms nouns denoting the future action of the suffixed verb

classifier for objects with smaller growths

classifier for sack-like objects

Classifier for types of (raw) meat.

Classifier for small oval-shaped objects