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Etymology
Compare Trió wah, Yao (South America) ouati.
Pronunciation
Particle
waty
- not
- used to form questions or polite requests: won’t you…?
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, 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, Paris, 1956, page 498