itoto

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• sitoto (Guyana)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wɨtoto (“person”); compare Trió wïtoto, Wayana witoto, Kaxuyana toto, Akawaio itoto, Ye'kwana sotto.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tʃoːto]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [tʲoːto]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ɟoʔto]

Noun

itoto (possessed itotory) (Suriname, Venezuela)

1. southern Amerindian
2. stranger
3. enemy

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 280
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iťoto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 185; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 180