inorokon

Kari'na

Etymology

From inoro (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -kon (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

inorokon

  1. (Venezuela) the animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; the ones aforementioned, the ones that were just spoken of
    Synonyms: (East Suriname) inaron, (West Suriname) inaro

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

  • 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
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