Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/mônɨ
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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
Pronoun
*mônɨ
Inflection
Proto-Cariban demonstratives
Descendants
- Guianan:
- Parukotoan:
- Pekodian:
- Ikpeng: mun
- Venezuelan Cariban:
- Waimiri-Atroari: mo'o, mymo
- Ye'kwana: möönü
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
- Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology, Houston: Rice University, page 185
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 319
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “möönü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 122, 445