Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/irô
Proto-Cariban
editEtymology
editPerhaps from an earlier *i + *rô (emphatic particle).
Pronoun
edit*irô
- the inanimate anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this or these (aforementioned), this or these that were just spoken of
Inflection
editProto-Cariban demonstratives
Descendants
edit- Guianan:
- Kuikuroan:
- Kuikúro: üle
- Parukotoan:
- Pekodian:
- Bakairí: ilâ
- Waimiri-Atroari: iry
- Ye'kwana: iyö, iiyö
References
edit- 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[1], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
- Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology[2], Houston: Rice University, page 175
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 277
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iyö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[4], Lyon, page 122