inaron
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *injamo (animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *rô (emphatic particle), the former from *inôrô (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix). Compare Apalaí ynaro, Trió namo, namoro, Wayana inamolo, Waiwai ñešamro, Pemon inamore, Ye'kwana ñanno.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
inaron
- (East Suriname) the animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; the ones aforementioned, the ones that were just spoken of
- Synonym: (Venezuela) inorokon
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
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53, 275
- 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
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “inaro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[3], University of Oregon, page 739