wontö

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See also: wònto

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV wontö
Brazilian standard wontä
New Tribes wontä

Etymology

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From womü (clothing) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wontö (transitive)

  1. to clothe, to dress (someone)
  2. to roll (a cigarette)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iyontö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 138