oty

See also: öty

Translingual

Etymology

Initialism of English Old Tamil with y as a placeholder.

Symbol

oty

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Tamil.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Tamil terms

Kari'na

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [oːtɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔtɨ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Cariban *tɨrɨ; compare Wayana ëtïrï.

Verb

oty (transitive)

1. to do
2. to make

Etymology 2

From Proto-Cariban *ôtɨ; compare Apalaí oty, Trió ëtï, atï, Wayana ëtï, Waiwai atï, Akawaio ö'rö, ö', Macushi î', Pemon ek.

Noun

oty (possessed otyry)

1. thing, object
2. something

Pronoun

oty

1. (interrogative) what?

Etymology 3

From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ; compare Apalaí esety, Trió eetï, Wayana eset, Akawaio ese', Macushi ese', Pemon esek, Ye'kwana ötü.

Noun

oty (possessed ety)

1. name
2. sound, noise

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 332
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “otï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 348; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 340
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “etï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 163; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 160

Malagasy

Noun

oty

1. picking