mojan

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *môtjamo (animate plural anaphoric demonstrative pronoun), from *môtjo (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun) + *-jamo (collective suffix). Compare Apalaí moxiamo, Trió mëesan, Wayana mësam, Waiwai mošam, Akawaio pïsamo, Macushi insemoro.

Pronunciation

• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [moːjã]

Pronoun

mojan

1. (Suriname) the animate plural proximal demonstrative pronoun; these

   Synonyms: (East Suriname) mòsaron, (West Suriname) mòsaro, (Venezuela) mòsekon

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^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 54, 320
• 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^[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mose”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 304; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 297
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “mojang”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[4], University of Oregon, page 773

Spanish

Verb

mojan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mojar