watx̣ɨ́n

Function:

Yes-no question particle.

Examples:

  1. watx̣ɨ́n iwínaša ‘is he going?’;
  2. watx̣ɨ́naš čúutata ‘may I go get a drink?’;
  3. watx̣ɨ́nam áwɨna nayáyasaan ‘did you tell my older brother?’;
  4. watx̣ɨ́nam ímč̓a tq̓íx̣ša ‘do you want [some] too?’;
  5. watx̣ɨ́nam ášukʷaša šína kʷná patámiča ‘do you know who they buryied there?’;
  6. watx̣ɨ́naš ínč̓a wínata ‘may I go too?’;
  7. watx̣ʷɨ́nam tamášwikayitax̣na sɨ́nwit ‘could you interpret for me?’;
  8. kʷawatx̣ɨ́n ‘could it be that?’.

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[NE wát; other Sahaptin míš; NP /wét/.]