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/.]