wontö

See also: wònto

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wontö
Brazilian standard	wontä
New Tribes	wontä

Etymology

From womü (“clothing”) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [βontə]

Verb

wontö (transitive)

1. to clothe, to dress (someone)
2. to roll (a cigarette)

Derived terms

• ewontö

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iyontö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 138