ᴹQ. ma adv. “interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE22/124; PE23/35, 80, 92, 99, 101-102, 104, 107, 111-112

Glosses

• “both” ✧ PE23/107 (ma(n))
• “correlative” ✧ PE23/80
• “interrogative” ✧ PE23/101 (ma)
• “interrogative particle” ✧ PE23/35
• “interrogative, who, what, which” ✧ PE23/99
• “who, what, etc.” ✧ PE23/102 (ma)

Variations

• ma ✧ PE23/35; PE23/80; PE23/92; PE23/99; PE23/104; PE23/101 (ma); PE23/102 (ma)
• mă ✧ PE23/104
• măn ✧ PE23/104
• ma(n) ✧ PE23/107

Related

• măn [is the form] before [a] vowel mă ✧ PE23/104

Inflections

Mallo	ablative	“whence”	✧ PE22/124
mallo	ablative	“whence”	✧ PE23/112
Manna	allative	“whither”	✧ PE22/124
manna	allative	“whither”	✧ PE23/112
main/maina	dative plural		✧ PE23/112
masse	locative	“where”	✧ PE23/111

Element In

• ᴹQ. má² “what; when”
• ᴹQ. mal(de) “how, in what manner”
• ᴹQ. malka “how great”
• ᴹQ. mallini “how many”
• ᴹQ. mallume “at what time/date”
• ᴹQ. man “what”
• ᴹQ. m(an)ainen “by what means”
• ᴹQ. manan “when”
• ᴹQ. manárea “how old, how long lasting, (lit.) lasting or living how many days”
• ᴹQ. manar(yas) “on what day”
• ᴹQ. man(de) “how (to what degree, extent), how great, how far”
• ᴹQ. mane “who”
• ᴹQ. manikka “how small”
• ᴹQ. manima “of what kind, of what sort, what kind of”
• ᴹQ. manomello “*from what place”
• ᴹQ. manome(s) “in what place”
• ᴹQ. maro “why, for what reason”
• ᴹQ. masse¹ “where” ✧ PE23/111
• ᴹQ. matwa “whether, which of two”
• ᴹQ. tanome “*in that place”
• ᴹQ. eane sasse maire ma “*there was a rose” ✧ PE23/92
• ᴹQ. e·kestane ma leqente tana “he asked if you (had) said that” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. ma le·qente tana “did you say that?” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. mallo “whence” ✧ PE22/124; PE23/112
• ᴹQ. mana “who, what, which” ✧ PE23/99
• ᴹQ. manna “whither” ✧ PE22/124; PE23/112

Derivations

• < √MA “interrogative base”

ᴱQ. ma² adv. “*interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

Reference ✧ PE16/77 ✧ ma

Element In

• ᴱQ. ma kaire laiqen ondolissen kirya maita? “*does a ship lie maimed on green rocks?” ✧ PE16/77

Derivations

• < ‽ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”

ᴱQ. mai² adv. “if; do?” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE14/53, 59

Glosses

• “do?” ✧ PE14/53
• “if” ✧ PE14/59

Related

• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus mai² “if; do?”

Element In

• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ke·tule “do you come?” ✧ PE14/53
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai “*if I come then they might come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tule tu·tulil “if I come (generic), they come (generic)” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·túlie tu·túliel “*if I had come, they would have come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval “whenever I come, they will come” ✧ PE14/59

Derivations

• < ‽ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”