irokon

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Kari'na

Etymology

From iro (inanimate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -kon (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

irokon

the inanimate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; these (aforementioned), these that were just spoken of

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, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 53

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