wàto

See also: wato, wa'to, and 'wa'tö

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wapoto; compare Apalaí (w)apoto, (w)ahto, Trió mahto, Wayana wapot, Waiwai wehto, Panare wajto, Akawaio apo', Macushi apo', Pemon apok, Ye'kwana wa'to, Yao (South America) ouapoto.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βahto]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋahto]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [wahto]

Noun

wàto (possessed wàtory)

1. fire

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 424
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wato”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 509; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 498