How long? how far? however long, however far. máal kʷná ikútkutšata ‘how long will he be working there?’; máalnam wínaša ‘how far are you going?’; máalsɨmk̓as wá ‘how far am I now?’; máal paq̓ínunx̣a paamíin ttáwax̣t ‘how far do they see their pedigree?’; máalnam ttáwax̣ɨn ‘how tall have you grown?’; máalna iwaníčayita náaman łk̓ʷí ‘how far will he name the day for us?’ (i.e., ‘how long will we live?’); watx̣ɨ́naš wɨ́npta núsux aš máal ín táwyaša ‘will I catch salmon as long as I am living?’; kʷašta kú máalsɨmk̓a ásapsik̓ʷasa miyánašmaaman ‘and then however much longer I am teaching the children’; ku máal áša ‘and he went in however long’; ana máal ‘however long, however far’. [NE maˀál(k); NP /mahál/.]

Definition:

Toward where? toward wherever, toward somewhere, toward anywhere.

Function:

Versative case.

Examples:

máannam wínaša ‘where are you going?’;

máan pawíšapawinaša ‘where are they sending each?’;

máanpam áw tmíyuna ‘how did you decide now?’;

čáwtaš máan wɨšánaša ‘we are not going anywhere’;

kuna kúuk iwíniča ana máan ‘and then we buried each wherever’;

ana máan pašúkʷaša ‘as far as they know’;

ačataš kú čáw máan wínax̣ana ‘because we wouldn’t go anywhere’;

máan iwaníša tanánki čí ‘what is this called in Indian?’;

ánč̓a máan ‘in another direction’;

pamáan ‘in every direction’;

maaní ‘toward where?’ (emphatic);

máal ‘how far? how long?’ (length). See also zero ablaut base mn-.

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[NW míin; NP /mnépi/.]