kâmv'iri Lexicon
Space: Pronominal Location: Deictic (3rd Person)

Independent Pronouns
Proximal

in'a  Pn3.  [proximal] this, the [unstressed]; he, she, it.   [i5DnaN]   [PIA e-na- [3rd person non-subject enclitic pronoun]   T. 2515 (+; modern compound *e-na > ina, Kt. *ini > ni)]

âmn'a  Pn3.  [proximal] these, the [unstressed]; they.   [âmDi5-naN]   [Ir. ham- (< PrAr. *sam- 'together')]

Distal

i·'a  Pn3.  [visible distal] that, the [unstressed]; he, she, it.   [i5DkaN]   [PIA e-ta- 'this [oblique stem]'   T. 2530 (+; *eta-ka > *e·ka > *i·ka > *iki > i·a, Kt. ki)]

âmk'i  Pn3.  [distal] those, the [unstressed]; they.   [âmDi5-kaN]

Conceptual (Non-Visible)

âsk'a  Pn3.  [non-visible distal] that, the [unstressed]; he, she, it.   [âDsaNkaN]   [PIA s'a '[3 sing. masc. pronoun]'   T. 12815 (+)]

Subject Pointers (Plural Only)

-ta  Pn3Pl.  they.   [Nta>]   [PIA -a-˜-ti '[3rd person plural]']

  Pn3Pl.  they.   [No1>i6]

Kinship-Noun Possesser

-as  LP3.  [3rd person singular possessive suffix for kinship nouns].   [Nas>]

-aňas  LP3.  [3rd person plural possessive suffix for kinship nouns].   [N>as]

Emphatic Prefix

o-  Emp.  precisely [emphatic prefix for deictic forms].   [o5-D]   [PIA 'to; at' (+?; cf. Kmv. -o 'emphatic-vocative particle')]
o ^ina mânša 'precisely this man'


(Phonemic transcription updated 5 November 2007)