English Explanatory Dictionary

Witoto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.
name
  1. An indigenous American language or language family spoken in Colombia and Peru.

Word forms

Witoto Huitoto Uitota Uitoto

Etymology

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

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