iwíini be, live, exist; positive existential verb which predicates that [...]

1. • be, live, exist; positive existential verb which predicates that a given entity exists and, in the case of animate entities, lives

   • • Example 224:
       

       Uumáata itíniija iíkii.

       There is a lot of manioc beer.

     • Example 225:
       

       Kinaa kina=mɨra kutɨ́ɨ, átiiji imɨráani kaayaaka imɨráani iikiki maasiáana.

       You will bear children, and from that once again there will be many (people).

2. • be located in a place; locative copular verb

   Grammar Note

   This sense entails that the subject of the verb is located in the predicated place at topic time

   • • Example 226:
       

       Nu=íita iíkii kí=kurima=isámaji.

       His house is downriver of my port.

3. • live in a place, typically for prolonged period of time

   Grammar Note

   This sense does not entail that the subject of the verb is located at the predicated place at topic time

   • • Example 227:
       

       Iina waarata kusiaamɨ mɨɨsaji iikiaárikɨ káami Nɨɨkamúumu aájiku.

       The other brave woman like her lived upriver at the mouth of the Chambira River.

4. • be in a state; copular verb for event-stage predicates, i.e., ‘temporary’ states (e.g., be sad)

   • • Example 104:
       

       Ánasa k=iíkii, iyaamiaákuji iina tipanɨɨri nu=asakura kí=maaya maníini.

       I am angry, because the demonic stingray ate my teenage son.

5. • live one’s life, full of the typical activities of a person’s daily existence

   • • Example 228:
       

       Kí=saakii jaátaaraata=na maakatúuwa iikiaárikɨ=na pɨyɨ́ɨni maasiáana aakaka anákaka=jina: Takarnáaku, Anatimu, Nɨɨkamúumu, Muumúumu, Maasayuúmu=jina.

       I will recount how our ancestors lived at the headwaters of many rivers: the Nanay, Pintuyacu, Chambira, Momón and Mazán Rivers.

6. • euphemistic expression for having a sexual relationship with someone

   Grammar Note

   In this sense, the verb obligatorily takes an oblique argument expressing the person with whom the subject has sexual relations, bearing the comitative postposition <=jata>

   • • Example 229:
       

       Nuú kiaa jíwɨɨtaki iiti, nuú kiaa aámuu, iyaamiaákuji nuu náaji aátiki, “Jaa kia=iíkiki kí=majáana=jata.”

       If he finds you here, he will kill you, because he will say thus, “You have been with my woman.”

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