Definition:
Who? whoever, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody.
Function:
Used to ask questions or combine with other conjunctions to form a new conjunction.
Examples:
- ƛ̓áax̣ʷ šín ‘everyone, everybody’;
- čáw šín ‘no one, nobody’;
- šín iwá ‘who is he?’;
- šínam wá ‘who are you?’;
- šín iwiyánawi ‘who has arrived?’;
- ana mɨná čáw iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣ana šín ‘wherever someone would pass away’;
- ku k̓ʷapɨ́n šín iwɨ́npta čɨ́mti waníčt ‘and the aforementioned somebody will get the new name’;
- amaš šín wačá imíin tíla ‘whoever was your grandfather’;
- ana mɨná šín čáw iwɨ́šayča ‘wherever anyone passed away’;
- ku čáw šín iwá ana kʷná iwačá ‘and nobody is where she was’;
- ana mɨná šín čáw iwiyáwšayčɨnx̣ana ‘wherever anyone would pass away’;
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[NP /ˀisíi/.]