mòsaron

Kari'na

Alternative forms

mòsaro (West Suriname)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *môtjamo (animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *rô (emphatic particle), the former from *môtjo (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix). Compare Apalaí moxiamo, Trió mëesan, Wayana mësam, Waiwai mošam, Akawaio pïsamo, Macushi insemoro.

Pronunciation

(East Suriname) IPA^(key): [mohsaɺ̢õ]

Pronoun

mòsaron

(East Suriname) the animate plural proximal demonstrative pronoun; these
Synonyms: mojan, (Venezuela) mòsekon

Inflection

Kari'na demonstratives
category		inanimate pronoun		animate pronoun
category		singular	plural	singular	plural
proximal	visible	ero	erokon	mose	mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékon^V
proximal	invisible	eny	enykon	mose	mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékon^V
medial		—	—	mòko	mòkaro(n)
distal	visible	moro	morokon	moky	mòkan, mókykon^V
distal	invisible	mony	monykon	moky	mòkan, mókykon^V
anaphoric		iro	irokon	inoro	inaro(n), inorokon^V

^V Venezuelan dialect.

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52–54, 320