Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/woto

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Cariban

Noun

*woto

1. fish

   Synonym: *kana

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Kari'na: woto
  • Taranoan:
    • Trió: oto
• Parukotoan:
  • Waiwai: woto
• Pekodian:
  • Ikpeng: wot
  • Pará Arára: wot
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: wo'
    • Pemon: woto

References

• Florian Matter, editor (2021), “*woto”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 2024-03-07
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 430