joteya

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	joteya
Brazilian standard	foteeya
New Tribes	joteeya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷoteːja]

Noun

joteya

1. bottle

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 390: “[hote:ya] 'bottle' (from Sp 'botella') […] hote:ya - bottle (<Sp)”