atotö

See also: atɔtɔ

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• a'totö

Etymology

From a'to (“rope, twine”) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [atoːtə]

Verb

atotö

1. (transitive) to string, to thread, to put (beads, etc.) on a string
2. (transitive) to tie to something, to tie up, to moor
3. (transitive) to weave

References

• Hall, Katherine (2007) “aʔtoʔtotoʔho”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “atotö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “a'to'toto'ho”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University