enykon

Kari'na

Etymology

From eny (inanimate singular invisible proximal demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -kon (plural suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [enɨkkõ]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [enɨːkõ]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [enɨʔkõ]

Pronoun

enykon

  1. the inanimate plural invisible proximal demonstrative pronoun; these (that I can’t see)

Inflection
Kari'na demonstratives
category inanimate pronoun animate pronoun
singular plural singular plural
proximal visible ero erokon mose mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV
invisible eny enykon
medial — — mòko mòkaro(n)
distal visible moro morokon moky mòkan, mókykonV
invisible mony monykon
anaphoric iro irokon inoro inaro(n), inorokonV
V. Venezuelan dialect.

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 53
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 149; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 147
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