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^[1], 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^[2], 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 person		towoto	fowoto	miwoto
2nd person		nowoto	niwoto
3rd person	masculine	owoto	iwoto yowoto (archaic)
	feminine	mowoto
	neuter	iwoto

References

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