eesemjo

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From eese (“here”) +‎ -mjo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [eːsemm̥o]

Adverb

eesemjo

  1. here (on this shore, on this side of a watercourse)

Inflection
Ye'kwana demonstratives
category inanimate
pronoun		 animate pronoun deictic adverb
Caura River dialect Cunucunuma River dialect singular plural speaker anaphoric land side watercourse approximate
proximal proximal edö,Y e'döD mö'dö — eetö eese eesemjo sadö
medial mödö mööyö,Y mööñöD kanno — möötö — — — —
distal medial möönü mökkü makkamo inña möntö mönse aneeseja mönsemjo maadö
invisible distal iyö,Y iiyöD ñöödö ñanno — yöötö unwaa — — —
Y. Caura River dialect.
D. Cunucunuma River dialect.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eesemjo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 260–263, 438
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