inoro

See also: inoró

Asturian

Verb

inoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of inorar

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *inôrô (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun); compare Apalaí ynoro, Trió nërë, inëërë, Wayana inëlë, Hixkaryana noro, Waiwai noro, Ye'kwana ñöödö.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲoːɺ̢o]

Pronoun

inoro

1. the animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this one (aforementioned), this one that was just spoken of

Inflection

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.

Derived terms

• inoromporo

 

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53, 55, 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
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iďo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 179; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 173
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ińoro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 182; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[4], Paris, 1956, page 176
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “injoro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[5], University of Oregon, page 739

Ratagnon

Pronoun

inoro

1. (interrogative) when