òkato

See also: ökato

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Ye'kwana ö'wattö (“hammock”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ohkato]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ohkado]

Noun

òkato (possessed òkatory)

1. large hammock with a tight weave

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 327
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “okato”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 330; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 322