waitopo

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• aitopo
• weitopo, eitopo (Guyana, East Suriname)

Etymology

From (w)ai (“to become”) +‎ -topo (instrumental nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [wajhcobo]

Noun

waitopo (possessed waitopory) (East Suriname)

1. place
2. village
3. dwelling place, home, habitation

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 420
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “e'i-ťopo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 129; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 129