PRON: pronoun
PRON is used for demonstrative pronouns and interrogative pronouns. See Jacobson (2001, p. 107-114) for more details about the demonstratives.
Examples
- iigna “the one over there (restricted)”
- paagna “the one up there (extended)”
- paamna “the one up there (obscured)”
- sameng “what”
- kitu “who”
Note on demonstratives
- restricted: within sight of the speaker and stationary, or moving in a restricted area
- extended: spread out, lengthy or moving across the field of view of the speaker
- obscured: not (clearly) visible to the speaker
References
- Steven A. Jacobson. 2001. A Practical Grammar of the St. Lawrence Island / Siberian Yupik Eskimo Language, Preliminary Edition, 2nd edition. Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks, Alaska.
PRON in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [nci] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sla] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [xcl] [yue] [zh]