Fromὠτ- ( ōt- ) , the stem of theAncient Greek οὖς ( oûs ,“ ear ” ) .
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ear aur- ( Latinate equivalent ) “Oto- A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles Oto-, before a vowelot-, a. Gr.ὠτο- , combining form ofοὖς ,ὠτ- ear, an element of medical and other scientific words, the more important of which appear in their alphabetical places. [¶; 28 derived terms, viz.otocatarrh otoconia otokonies otoconial otoconite otocrane otocranial otocranic otocyst otocystic otodynia otodynic otography otographical otomorphology otomycosis otopathy otopathic otophone otoplasty otoplastic otopyosis otorrhœa otorrhœal otorrhoic otosalpinx otosteal ototomy “oto- Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] “oto-,comb. form Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2004] ot-
prefix attached to words relating to the head or heart ot-
Alternative form ofo- (Combining form ofogi ( “ bread ” ) Used when the following element of the compound starts with a vowel,/s̺/ or/s̻/ . FromProto-Cariban *ôte- Apalaí ot- Trió ët- Wayana ët- Hixkaryana os- Waiwai et- Akawaio è- s- Macushi es- Pemon es- Ye'kwana öt-
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Converts a transitive verb into an intransitive verb with an agent-like argument, variously with reflexive, reciprocal, or passive meaning. This prefix takes the following forms:
ot- when stressed before au and sometimes beforeo ora at- u and sometimes beforeo ora os- e ,o , ora as- e ,o , ora o- e , in which case thee itself is lost and the prefix is always stressed; some verbs withe take both ano- os- as- e- i ory , and sometimes before a consonantai- ò- Some verbs beginning with a consonant can show variation between all three of the last options.
Courtz, Hendrik (2008 )A Carib grammar and dictionary [1] →ISBN 76–77, 243 ot-
Alternative form ofod- ot-
allomorph oföt- ( detransitivizing prefix ) . 
