woto

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Kari'na

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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woto (possessed wotory)

  1. fish

References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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woto

  1. (transitive) to bury

Conjugation

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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

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