woto

Kari'na

Etymology

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

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

Noun

woto (possessed wotory)

  1. fish

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, Paris, 1956, page 524

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈwo.to]

Verb

woto

  1. (transitive) to bury

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