ᴹQ. mana pron. “who, what, which” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE22/124; PE23/99, 101-105, 111

Glosses

• “interrogative” ✧ PE23/101 (man(a))
• “interrogative, who, what, which” ✧ PE23/99
• “what” ✧ PE23/99; PE23/103; PE23/103 (mana)
• “what, which (distinguished by the partitive that follows)” ✧ PE23/105
• “who, what, etc.” ✧ PE23/102 (mana-)

Variations

• mana- ✧ PE23/99; PE23/99; PE23/103; PE23/104; PE23/105; PE23/102 (mana-); PE23/103 (mana)
• man(a) ✧ PE23/101

Inflections

manainen	instrumental plural	“by what means”	✧ PE23/111
manas(se)	locative	“where”	✧ PE23/111
Manar	plural	“who”	✧ PE22/124
manandon	similative	“after what fashion, like what”	✧ PE23/111

Elements

ma

“interrogative particle”

✧ PE23/99

Element In

• ᴹQ. mannomen “*to what place”
• ᴹQ. le·qente mana “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. le·qente mana? “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/99
• ᴹQ. m(an)ainen “by what means” ✧ PE23/111 (manainen)
• ᴹQ. mana le·qente “what did you say?” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. mana (már) tanion “which of those houses” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. manandon “after what fashion, like what” ✧ PE23/111
• ᴹQ. mana nér “what man” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. mana nís “what woman” ✧ PE23/103
• ᴹQ. manar i·ennor/lie i me·kenner “who (are or were) the persons/people that we saw?” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. mana só “*what of that (would ask for a fresh opinion rather than a choice among those already expressed)” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. manas(se) “where” ✧ PE23/111
• ᴹQ. mana tana márion “which of those houses” ✧ PE23/105