English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English yoten, yeten (to pour), from Old English ġēotan (to pour), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (to pour), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (to pour).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian joote (to pour), West Frisian jitte (to pour), Dutch gieten (to pour), German gießen (to pour), Danish gyde (to pour). Related to gush, geyser.

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Verb edit

yote (third-person singular simple present yotes, present participle yoting, simple past and past participle yoted)

  1. (UK dialectal) To pour water on; pour in.
  2. (archaic or dialectal) To steep.
    • Chapman (Can we date this quote?)
      My fowls, which well enough
      I, as before, found feeding at their trough
      Their yoted wheat.
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Etymology 2 edit

From coyote.

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Noun edit

yote (plural yotes)

  1. Abbreviation of coyote.

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Murui Huitoto edit

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto yote and Nüpode Huitoto yotde.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɔtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: yo‧te

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yote

  1. (transitive) to tell (of)
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:
      Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.
      Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

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References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 167

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yote

  1. Mi class inflected form of -ote.
  2. Ma class inflected form of -ote.
  3. N class inflected form of -ote (singular only).