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

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