edö
See also: edo, Edo, EDO, -edo, -ẽdo, and e'dö
Maquiritari
Alternative forms
- (De'kwana) e'dö
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *erô. Compare Trió serë, Wayana helë, Galibi Carib ero (the first two with added initial elements).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eɾ̠ə]
Pronoun
edö
- (Ye'kwana dialect) The inanimate proximal demonstrative pronoun; this, these.
Inflection
Maquiritari demonstratives
category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | deictic adverb | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ye’kwana dialect | De’kwana dialect | singular | plural | speaker | anaphoric | land | side | watercourse | approximate | |
proximal | proximal | edö,Y e'döD | mö'dö | — | eetö | eese | eesemjo | sadö | ||
medial | mödöY | mööyö,Y möñöD | kanno | — | möötö | — | — | — | — | |
distal | medial | möönü,Y mönöD | mökkü, mö'kü | makkamo, ma'kamo | inña | möntö | mönse | aneeseja | mönsemjo | maadö |
invisible | distal | iyö,Y iiyöD | ñöödö,Y ñö'döD | ñanno,Y nñannoD | — | yöötö | unwaa | — | — | — |
Y. Ye’kwana dialect. D. De’kwana dialect. |
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “edö”, in Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 122
- 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