jɨfai

Murui Huitoto

jɨfai
Root	Classifier
jɨfai-	—

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jɨfai and Nüpode Huitoto jɨpai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɯɸai̯]
• Hyphenation: jɨ‧fai

Noun

jɨfai

1. father-in-law

Declension

Declension of jɨfai

	singular	plural
Absolutive	jɨfai	jɨfaiyaɨ
Nominative	jɨfaidɨ	jɨfaiyaɨdɨ
Accusative	jɨfaina	jɨfaiyaɨna
Dative/Locative	jɨfaimo	jɨfaiyaɨmo
Ablative	jɨfaimona	jɨfaiyaɨmona
Instrumental	jɨfaido	jɨfaiyaɨdo
Causal	jɨfairi	jɨfaiyaɨri
Privative	jɨfainino	jɨfaiyaɨnino

Derived terms

• jɨfaiño

 

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 150
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 124