kymoro

Kari'na

Etymology

Likely from an earlier *kymo (first-person inclusive dual pronoun) +‎ Proto-Cariban *rô (emphatic particle), thus cognate to Apalaí kymoro, Carijona kïmërë, Kaxuyana kɨmoro, with the first element also cognate to Trió kïmë, Akurio kïmë, Wayana kunmë. Ultimately derived from Proto-Cariban, perhaps *kɨnmô, but only the initial *kɨ- element may be reconstructible to Proto-Cariban, as other Cariban languages have pronouns of the same function formed with different extensions to this stem. Meira suggests, however, that this first syllable may be a reduced form of Proto-Cariban *kɨwɨ, a form also reflected in Hixkaryana kàwro, Waiwai kïïwï, Ye'kwana küwü.

Pronunciation

(Venezuela) IPA^(key): [kɨmɰoːɺ̢o]

Pronoun

kymoro

(Venezuela) the first-person inclusive dual pronoun; you and I, me and you, the two of us
Synonym: (Guyana, Suriname) kỳko

Usage notes

Verbs agreeing with this pronoun take singular agreement.

Inflection

Kari'na personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
first person exclusive	awu	nàna, àna^W	nàna, àna^W
first person inclusive	—	kỳko, kymoro^V	kỳkaro(n), kymonjáro^V
second person	amoro	—	amyjaro(n), amonjáro^V
third person	(use demonstratives)
V. Venezuelan dialect. W. West Surinamese dialect.

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52, 310
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

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