mòsekon

Kari'na

Etymology

From mose (recorded by Mosonyi and Álvarez as if mòse; animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -kon (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mòsékon

  1. (Venezuela) the animate plural proximal demonstrative pronoun; these
    Synonyms: (East Suriname) mòsaron, (West Suriname) mòsaro, (Suriname) mojan

Usage notes

Both the etymology of this word and its irregular stress pattern suggest that it may be mistranscribed, with the proper rendition being mosekon.

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

  • Álvarez, José (2016) Esbozo de una gramática de la lengua kari’ña‎[1], Maracaibo, page 53
  • 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
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