inorokon
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom inoro (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + -kon (plural suffix).
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editinorokon
- (Venezuela) the animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; the ones aforementioned, the ones that were just spoken of
Inflection
editKari'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- 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