In what? in whatever, in something, in anything. kunam ánkaštkta túpan síilpa ‘and you will tie it up in some material’; iqáx̣upt̓ana łamtɨ́x̣ túpan ‘he bumped his head on something’; ataš kú wiyákʷštikɨnx̣ana túpan łq̓íwitpa ‘when we used to do wrong in some game’. [NP /ˀitúupe/.]
túwin
What? whatever. Dual number: túwin pawačá ‘what two were they?’. Associative case: túwintaš łq̓íwita ‘with what one shall I play?’. Ergative in pragmatic inverse: ana túwin ku pátwanaša ‘anything then that is following it’; áwx̣aš túwin páwɨnpa Wax̣púšpalin ‘now some Paiute must have gotten her’.
túyaw
To what? why? whatever to, to something, to anything. túyaw pawátpix̣ana ‘why would they raise their voice?’; anam mún wínaša túyaw náx̣šyaw káˀuyityaw ‘whenever you are going to any one root feast’; ana kú pamáwšuwanx̣ana nč̓íyaw wáašatyaw túyaw ‘when they would get themselves ready for any big religious gathering’; čáw mún pawáyx̣tix̣ana ataymat̓áwasyaw túyaw ‘never would they run to any store’. [NP /ˀitúupk/.]
túyay
Definition:
For what? why? whatever for.
Examples:
- túyaynam wínaša ‘why are you going?’;
- túyaynam átq̓ix̣ša ‘what do you want it for?’;
- túyaynam áwapaataša ‘why are you helping them?’.
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[NP /ˀitów̓ayn/.]
túyin
What two? whatever two. túyin pawačá ‘what two are they?’.
Tall
máal ‘how far? how long? how tall?’.
Times
mɨ́laam ‘how many times? a few times’.
watx̣ɨ́n
Function:
Yes-no question particle.
Examples:
- watx̣ɨ́n iwínaša ‘is he going?’;
- watx̣ɨ́naš čúutata ‘may I go get a drink?’;
- watx̣ɨ́nam áwɨna nayáyasaan ‘did you tell my older brother?’;
- watx̣ɨ́nam ímč̓a tq̓íx̣ša ‘do you want [some] too?’;
- watx̣ɨ́nam ášukʷaša šína kʷná patámiča ‘do you know who they buryied there?’;
- watx̣ɨ́naš ínč̓a wínata ‘may I go too?’;
- watx̣ʷɨ́nam tamášwikayitax̣na sɨ́nwit ‘could you interpret for me?’;
- kʷawatx̣ɨ́n ‘could it be that?’.
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míš ‘How? why? however, somehow, anyhow, in whatever manner.’
[NE wát; other Sahaptin míš; NP /wét/.]