erokon
Kari'na
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ero (inanimate singular proximal demonstrative pronoun) + -kon (plural suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]erokon
- the inanimate plural proximal demonstrative pronoun; these
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 53
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ero”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 158; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 155