irokon

Kari'na

Etymology

From iro (inanimate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -kon (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [joːkõ]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [idʝoːkõ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [iɾoʔkõ]

Pronoun

irokon

1. the inanimate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; these (aforementioned), these that were 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.

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 53