míš

Definition:

How? why? however, somehow, anyhow, in whatever manner.

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Examples:

1. míšnam míša ‘how are you doing?’;
2. míšnam wá ‘how are you?’;
3. míšmaš wá ‘how is yours?’;
4. míšnam náwa ‘how are you saying?’;
5. míšnamtx̣ata kú wáanaynačtux̣šamš ‘how are you then running back inside?’;
6. anam túman míš pamíta kʷɨ́nki ‘things which they do somehow with that’;
7. ana tún míš áwača ‘anything they somehow had’;
8. kʷata kú míš iwá níix̣ aw míšk̓a iwá mɨlá ‘wonder then whether it is good or whether it is bad’;
9. míškin patmíyuša ‘what are they deciding?’;
10. míšnaš áwɨnta ‘how do I say it?’;
11. čáw míš ‘no way’;
12. ku míš ‘and how, so be it’;
13. míšata kʷá ‘forever more!’;
14. míš ku amúu ~ míškʷa amúu ‘indeed!’ (with irritation).
15. For younger speakers míš functions as a Yes-No question particle:
    1. míšnam páykna ‘did you hear me?’.

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See more:

1. watx̣ɨ́n ‘Yes-no question particle.’

[NP manáa; manáma; manmaˀí; possibly cognate with the mostly negative NP /míˀs/.]