Q. mana pron. “what” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

Q. mana, pron. “what; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] who” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE23/135; PM/395, 403

Glosses

• “What” ✧ PM/395; PM/403
• “which” ✧ PE23/135

Variations

• Mana ✧ PE23/135; PE23/135; PM/395; PM/403

Related

• man “who”

Inflections

man

elided

“who”

✧ PE23/135

Elements

ma²	“interrogative particle”

Element In

• ᴺQ. !manan “why”
• Q. mana arano? i máro “Which king’s? The good one’s” ✧ PE23/135
• Q. mana i coimas Eldaron? “What is the ‘coimas’ of the Eldar?” ✧ PM/395
• Q. mana i·coimas in·Eldaron? “What is the ‘coimas’ of the Eldar?” ✧ PM/403
• Q. sí man i yulma nin enquantuva? “who now shall refill the cup for me?” ✧ PE23/135

Cognates

• S. man “*what, who”

Derivations

• < ✶manā ✧ PE23/135

ᴹQ. mana pron. “who, what, which” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE22/124; PE23/99, 101-105, 111

Glosses

• “interrogative” ✧ PE23/101 (man(a))
• “interrogative, who, what, which” ✧ PE23/99
• “what” ✧ PE23/99; PE23/103; PE23/103 (mana)
• “what, which (distinguished by the partitive that follows)” ✧ PE23/105
• “who, what, etc.” ✧ PE23/102 (mana-)

Variations

• mana- ✧ PE23/99; PE23/99; PE23/103; PE23/104; PE23/105; PE23/102 (mana-); PE23/103 (mana)
• man(a) ✧ PE23/101

Inflections

manainen	instrumental plural	“by what means”	✧ PE23/111
manas(se)	locative	“where”	✧ PE23/111
Manar	plural	“who”	✧ PE22/124
manandon	similative	“after what fashion, like what”	✧ PE23/111

Elements

ma

“interrogative particle”

✧ PE23/99

Element In

• ᴹQ. mannomen “*to what place”
• ᴹQ. le·qente mana “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. le·qente mana? “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/99
• ᴹQ. m(an)ainen “by what means” ✧ PE23/111 (manainen)
• ᴹQ. mana le·qente “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. mana (már) tanion “which of those houses” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. manandon “after what fashion, like what” ✧ PE23/111
• ᴹQ. mana nér “what man” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. mana nís “what woman” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. manar i·ennor/lie i me·kenner “who (are or were) the persons/people that we saw?” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. mana só “*what of that (would ask for a fresh opinion rather than a choice among those already expressed)” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. manas(se) “where” ✧ PE23/111
• ᴹQ. mana tana márion “which of those houses” ✧ PE23/105