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/.]
58 terms are interrogatives
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
For what? why? whatever for. túyaynam wínaša ‘why are you going?’; túyaynam átq̓ix̣ša ‘what do you want it for?’; túyaynam áwapaataša ‘why are you helping them?’. [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
Yes-no question particle. 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?’. [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).