Wiktionary

oty

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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