ᴱQ. mai² adv. “if; do?” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

⚠️ᴱQ. mai², adv. “if; do?” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

Q. qui “if”

Q. ma² “interrogative particle”

References ✧ PE14/53, 59

Glosses

• “do?” ✧ PE14/53
• “if” ✧ PE14/59

Related

• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus mai² “if; do?”

Element In

• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ke·tule “do you come?” ✧ PE14/53
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai “*if I come then they might come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tule tu·tulil “if I come (generic), they come (generic)” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·túlie tu·túliel “*if I had come, they would have come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval “whenever I come, they will come” ✧ PE14/59

Derivations

• < ‽ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”