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Witoto

Witoto noun: an indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.

Noun

Witoto pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.

Proper noun

Witoto

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

Forms of Witoto

alternative formHuitoto
alternative formUitota
alternative formUitoto

Origin of Witoto

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

Questions about Witoto

What does Witoto mean?
Witoto means an indigenous people of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru.
What part of speech is Witoto?
Witoto can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Witoto in the dictionary

  1. witneßed
  2. witneßes
  3. witneßing
  4. witooka
  5. Witotan
  6. Witoto
  7. Witotoan
  8. wits
  9. wits' end
  10. wits' ends
  11. witsec

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