Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/môkjamo
Proto-Cariban
editEtymology
editFrom *môkɨ (animate non-collective distal demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix).
Pronoun
edit*môkjamo
- the animate collective distal demonstrative pronoun; those
Inflection
editProto-Cariban demonstratives
Descendants
edit- Guianan:
- Parukotoan:
- Pekodian:
- Venezuelan Cariban:
- Ye'kwana: makkamo
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 186
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 318
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “makkamo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[4], Lyon, page 122