itoto

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Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wɨtoto (person); compare Trió wïtoto, Wayana witoto, Kaxuyana toto, Akawaio itoto, Ye'kwana sotto.

Pronunciation

Noun

itoto (possessed itotory) (Suriname, Venezuela)

  1. southern Amerindian
  2. stranger
  3. enemy

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 280
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iťoto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 185; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 180