yoema

Murui Huitoto

yoema
RootClassifier
yoe- -ma

Etymology

The use of the masculine classifier refers to the fact that tree-cutting is traditionally seen as a job of men.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɔɛma]
  • Hyphenation: yo‧e‧ma

Noun

yoema

  1. axe, machete

Declension

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20) (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 163
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 126
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