erokon

Kari'na

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [eɾoːkõ]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [eɾoʔkõ]

Pronoun

erokon

  1. the inanimate plural proximal demonstrative pronoun; these

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

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 53
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “ero”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 158; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, ; Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 155
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