Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ômjamo

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Cariban

Etymology

From *ômô (second-person singular pronoun) +‎ *-jamo (collective suffix).

Pronoun

*ômjamo

1. the second-person collective pronoun; you (all)

Inflection

Proto-Cariban personal pronouns

	singular	dual	collective
first person exclusive	*ôwɨ	*apina	*apina
first person inclusive	—	*kɨwɨ, *kɨnmô, *kɨku	*kɨwjamo, *kɨmjamo
second person	*ômô	—	*ômjamo
third person	(use demonstratives)

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • ⇒ Apalaí: amarokomo
  • ⇒ Kari'na: (analogically rebuilt) amyjaron, amyjaro, amonjaro
  • Proto-Taranoan: *ənjamo
    • ⇒ Akurio: (analogically rebuilt) ëmënyamo
    • ⇒ Carijona: añamoro
    • ⇒ Trió: (analogically rebuilt) ëmënjamo
• Kuikuroan:
  • ⇒ Kuikúro: amago
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: omnyamo
  • ⇒ Kaxuyana: omyarï
  • ⇒ Waiwai: amyamro
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • ⇒ Chaima: amiamorkom, amiamorkon, amiarkom
  • ⇒ Tamanaku: amñamoro
• ⇒ Ye'kwana: önwanno
• Yukpan:
  • ⇒ Yukpa: amora, amoya

References

• 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^[1], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[2], Houston: Rice University, page 191
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 224, 226
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “önwanno”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon