oty

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See also: öty

Kari'na[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [oːtɨ]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [oʔtɨ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *tɨrɨ; compare Wayana ëtïrï.

Verb[edit]

oty (transitive)

  1. to do
  2. to make

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *ôtɨ; compare Apalaí oty, Trió ëtï, atï, Wayana ëtï, Waiwai atï, Akawaio ö'rö, ö', Macushi î', Pemon ek.

Noun[edit]

oty (possessed otyry)

  1. thing, object
  2. something

Pronoun[edit]

oty

  1. (interrogative) what?

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ; compare Apalaí esety, Trió eetï, Wayana eset, Akawaio ese', Macushi ese', Pemon esek, Ye'kwana ötü.

Noun[edit]

oty (possessed ety)

  1. name
  2. sound, noise

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 332
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “otï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 348; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 340
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “etï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 163; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[3], Paris, 1956, page 160

Malagasy[edit]

Noun[edit]

oty

  1. picking
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