máan

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/.]