58 terms are interrogatives

túpan

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:

  1. túyaynam wínaša ‘why are you going?’;
  2. túyaynam átq̓ix̣ša ‘what do you want it for?’;
  3. 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:

  1. watx̣ɨ́n iwínaša ‘is he going?’;
  2. watx̣ɨ́naš čúutata ‘may I go get a drink?’;
  3. watx̣ɨ́nam áwɨna nayáyasaan ‘did you tell my older brother?’;
  4. watx̣ɨ́nam ímč̓a tq̓íx̣ša ‘do you want [some] too?’;
  5. watx̣ɨ́nam ášukʷaša šína kʷná patámiča ‘do you know who they buryied there?’;
  6. watx̣ɨ́naš ínč̓a wínata ‘may I go too?’;
  7. watx̣ʷɨ́nam tamášwikayitax̣na sɨ́nwit ‘could you interpret for me?’;
  8. kʷawatx̣ɨ́n ‘could it be that?’.

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[NE wát; other Sahaptin míš; NP /wét/.]

What

tún ‘what?’; túman ‘what?’ (plural); túyin ‘what two?’ (dual).

When

mún ‘when?’.

Whence

mɨ́ni ‘from where?’.

Where

mɨná ‘where at?’; ímɨn ‘where to?’; mɨ́ni ‘where from?’; máan ‘toward where?’.

Whither

ímɨn ‘where to?’; máan ‘toward where?’.

Who

šín ‘who?’. šíman ‘who? (nominative plural).

Whom

šína ‘whom?’; šáaman (accusative plural); šíinaman (accusative dual).

Whose

šimíin ‘whose?’ (genitive singular); šaamíin (genitive plural); šiinamí (genitive dual).

Why

túyay ‘for what? why?’; míš ‘how? why?’.

Yes-no

watx̣ɨ́n (yes-no question particle).