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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witoto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wito-to
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.

name

An indigenous American language or language family spoken in Colombia and Peru.

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *wɨtoto (“person”), originally applied to the people in question by Cariban-speakers as an exonym.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Huitoto (alternative) Uitota (alternative) Uitoto (alternative)

Questions

What does witoto mean?
An indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.
Where does witoto come from?
Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *wɨtoto (“person”), originally applied to the people in question by Cariban-speakers as an exonym.

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