máan

Toward where? toward wherever, toward somewhere, toward anywhere. Versative case. 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-. [NW míin; NP /mnépi/.]