míš

How? why? however, somehow, anyhow, in whatever manner. míšnam míša ‘how are you doing?’; míšnam wá ‘how are you?’; míšmaš wá ‘how is yours?’; míšnam náwa ‘how are you saying?’; míšnamtx̣ata kú wáanaynačtux̣šamš ‘how are you then running back inside?’; anam túman míš pamíta kʷɨ́nki ‘things which they do somehow with that’; ana tún míš áwača ‘anything they somehow had’; kʷata kú míš iwá níix̣ aw míšk̓a iwá mɨlá ‘wonder then whether it is good or whether it is bad’; míškin patmíyuša ‘what are they deciding?’; míšnaš áwɨnta ‘how do I say it?’; čáw míš ‘no way’; ku míš ‘and how, so be it’; míšata kʷá ‘forever more!’; míš ku amúu ~ míškʷa amúu ‘indeed!’ (with irritation). For younger speakers míš functions as a Yes-No question particle: míšnam páykna ‘did you hear me?’. See also watx̣ɨ́n. [NP manáa; manáma; manmaˀí; possibly cognate with the mostly negative NP /míˀs/.]