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, 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
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