kòta

From kò (“scream, cry, yell”) +‎ -ta (verbalizer); compare Apalaí kohta, and, from the same root, but with a different construction, Trió këhtumï, Ye'kwana kö'tümü.

• IPA^(key): [kohta]

kòta

1. (intransitive, patientive) to scream, to shout, to yell

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 300
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ko”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 219; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 213
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kóta”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 228; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 222
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “kohta”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, page 750