mojan
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *môtjamo (animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun), from *môtjo (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix). Compare Apalaí moxiamo, Trió mëesan, Wayana mësam, Waiwai mošam, Akawaio pïsamo, Macushi insemoro.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
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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- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 54, 320
- 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) “mose”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 304; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 297
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “mojang”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[4], University of Oregon, page 773
Spanish
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