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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *môkjamo (animate plural distal demonstrative pronoun), from *môkɨ (animate singular distal demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix). Compare Apalaí mokamo, Trió mëkïjamo, Wayana mëkjam, Waiwai mïkyam, Kari'na mòkan.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
makkamo
- (Caura River dialect) the animate plural distal demonstrative pronoun; those
- (Cunucunuma River dialect) the animate plural medial demonstrative pronoun; these, those
Inflection
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “makkamo”, 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