šín

Definition:

Who? whoever, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody.


Function:

Used to ask questions or combine with other conjunctions to form a new conjunction.


Examples:

  1. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ šín ‘everyone, everybody’;
  2. čáw šín ‘no one, nobody’;
  3. šín iwá ‘who is he?’;
  4. šínam wá ‘who are you?’;
  5. šín iwiyánawi ‘who has arrived?’;
  6. ana mɨná čáw iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣ana šín ‘wherever someone would pass away’;
  7. ku k̓ʷapɨ́n šín iwɨ́npta čɨ́mti waníčt ‘and the aforementioned somebody will get the new name’;
  8. amaš šín wačá imíin tíla ‘whoever was your grandfather’;
  9. ana mɨná šín čáw iwɨ́šayča ‘wherever anyone passed away’;
  10. ku čáw šín iwá ana kʷná iwačá ‘and nobody is where she was’;
  11. ana mɨná šín čáw iwiyáwšayčɨnx̣ana ‘wherever anyone would pass away’;

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[NP /ˀisíi/.]