wontö

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See also: wònto

Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV wontö
Brazilian standard wontä
New Tribes wontä

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

wontö

  1. (transitive) to clothe, to dress (someone)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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