Q. cé¹ adv. “may (be)” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

Q. cé¹, adv. “may (be)” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE22/154, 158; VT42/34; VT49/19, 29

Glosses

• “may” ✧ VT42/34 (ké); PE22/154 (ké)
• “may be” ✧ PE22/154 (ké); VT49/19 (ké); PE22/158 (ké)
• “may be seeming” ✧ VT49/29 (ke)

Variations

• ké ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34; VT42/34; VT49/19; PE22/158 (ké); PE22/154 (ké)
• ke ✧ VT49/29

Related

• cé¹ “may (be)” appears to be a better way of expressing uncertainty than nai “maybe; be it that, may it be that; perhaps, it may be, there is a chance or possibility”
• ké “may be” appeared as a distinct form from qui “if” ✧ VT49/19

Changes

• ké >> kwí ✧ PE22/154
• ké >> kwí ✧ VT42/34

Element In

• Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
• Q. nácë “it may be seeming, *qualified yes” ✧ VT49/28 (náke)

Cognates

• S. ce “*might, maybe”

Derivations

• < √KE/EKE “may (be); have chance, opportunity or permission; it is open” ✧ PE22/158 (KE)

Derivatives

• > Q. céla “maybe not” ✧ PE22/158

Phonetic Developments

√KE > ké

[kē]

✧ PE22/158

ᴱQ. ki particle. “may; particle of uncertainty” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE14/59

Glosses

• “may” ✧ PE14/59
• “nearer possibility, may” ✧ PE14/59

Variations

• ki ✧ PE14/59; PE14/59
• ke ✧ PE14/59

Related

• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus mai² “if; do?”
• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus nai “remoter possibility, might”

Changes

• ke >> ki “nearer possibility, may” ✧ PE14/59

Element In

• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·tule ki “she may be coming, may come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. naike² “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59