möönü

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See also: móonu

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mônɨ. Compare Trió mënï, Wayana mïn, Waiwai mïnï, Kari'na mony.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

möönü

  1. (Caura River dialect) the inanimate distal demonstrative pronoun; that, those
  2. (Cunucunuma River dialect) the inanimate medial demonstrative pronoun; this, these, that, those

Inflection

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “möönü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 122
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 283
  • 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