woto
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *woto; compare Trió oto, Waiwai woto, Akawaio wo', Pemon woto.
Pronunciation
Noun
woto (possessed wotory)
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
- (transitive) to bury
Conjugation
| 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