waty

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió wah, Yao (South America) ouati.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βaːtɨ]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋaːtɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [waʔtɨ]

Particle

waty

1. not
2. used to form questions or polite requests: won’t you…?

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 424
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “watï”, 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