mòsekon
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From mose (recorded by Mosonyi and Álvarez as if mòse; animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + -kon (plural suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
mòsékon
Usage notes edit
Both the etymology of this word and its irregular stress pattern suggest that it may be mistranscribed, with the proper rendition being mosekon.
Inflection edit
Kari'na demonstratives
category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
proximal | visible | ero | erokon | mose | mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV |
invisible | eny | enykon | |||
medial | — | — | mòko | mòkaro(n) | |
distal | visible | moro | morokon | moky | mòkan, mókykonV |
invisible | mony | monykon | |||
anaphoric | iro | irokon | inoro | inaro(n), inorokonV | |
V. Venezuelan dialect. |
References edit
- Álvarez, José (2016) Esbozo de una gramática de la lengua kari’ña[1], Maracaibo, page 53
- Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275