Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/kɨmjamo

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Cariban

Etymology

From *kɨnmô (first-person inclusive dual pronoun) +‎ *-jamo (collective suffix).

Pronoun

*kɨmjamo

the first-person inclusive collective pronoun; all of us, me and all of you, we (inclusive)
Synonym: *kɨwjamo

Inflection

Proto-Cariban personal pronouns

	singular	dual	collective
first person exclusive	*ôwɨ	*apina	*apina
first person inclusive	—	kɨwɨ, kɨnmô, *kɨku	kɨwjamo, kɨmjamo
second person	*ômô	—	*ômjamo
third person	(use demonstratives)

Descendants

Guianan:
- ⇒ Apalaí: kymarokomo
- ⇒ Kari'na: (analogically rebuilt) kymonjaro
- Proto-Taranoan: *kɨnjamo
  - Akurio: kïnyamo, ⇒ (analogically rebuilt) kïmënyamo
  - ⇒ Carijona: kïñamoro
  - ⇒ Trió: (analogically rebuilt) kïmënjamo
Parukotoan:
- ⇒ Kaxuyana: kïmyarï
⇒? Ye'kwana: künwanno

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, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎, Houston: Rice University, page 189
Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 310
Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “künwanno”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon