enykon
Kari'na
Etymology
From eny (inanimate singular invisible proximal demonstrative pronoun) + -kon (plural suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Venezuela) IPA(key): [enɨkkõ]
- (West Suriname) IPA(key): [enɨːkõ]
- (East Suriname) IPA(key): [enɨʔkõ]
Pronoun
enykon
- the inanimate plural invisible proximal demonstrative pronoun; these (that I can’t see)
Inflection
| 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
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 149; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 147