woto

Kari'na

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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