woto

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Kari'na[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *woto; compare Trió oto, Waiwai woto, Akawaio wo', Pemon woto.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βoːto]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋoːto]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [woʔto]

Noun[edit]

woto (possessed wotory)

  1. fish

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 430
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “woto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 535; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 524

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

woto

  1. (transitive) to bury

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of woto
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towoto fowoto miwoto
2nd nowoto niwoto
3rd Masculine owoto iwoto, yowoto†
Feminine mowoto
Neuter iwoto
† - archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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