Q. ma² adv. “interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

Q. ma², adv. “interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE17/68; PE22/160-161, 166; PM/357

Glosses

• “interrogative element” ✧ PM/357
• “stem of interrogatives” ✧ PE17/68

Variations

• ma- ✧ PE17/68; PE22/160; PE22/161; PE22/161; PE22/166; PM/357

Related

• man “interrogative element” ✧ PM/357
• man- “stem of interrogatives” beside ma- “stem of interrogatives” ✧ PE17/68

Inflections

manye

1st-sg

“what? me?”

✧ PE22/160

Element In

• ᴺQ. !malumë¹ “when”
• ᴺQ. !malumë² “sometimes, at times”
• ᴺQ. !manotë “how many, (lit.) what number”
• ᴺQ. !mava “whose”
• ᴺQ. !quima “whether”
• Q. man “who” ✧ PE17/68
• Q. mana “what”
• Q. manen “how”
• Q. ma caruvalwë ohta “shall we make war” ✧ PE22/161
• Q. ma Varda enquantuva i yulma nin sí “will Varda now refill the cup for me?” ✧ PE22/161
• Q. roccor i Erulingaron márë nár (ma naitë)? “the horses of the Rohirrim are good (are they not, lit. is it true)” ✧ PE22/166

Derivations

• < √MA “interrogative base”

ᴹQ. #ma adv. “interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

References ✧ PE22/124

Inflections

Mallo	ablative	“whence”	✧ PE22/124
Manna	allative	“whither”	✧ PE22/124

Element In

• ᴹQ. malka “how great”
• ᴹQ. man “what”
• ᴹQ. manima “of what kind, of what sort”
• ᴹQ. masse¹ “where”
• ᴹQ. mallo “whence” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. manna “whither” ✧ PE22/124

Derivations

• < √MA “interrogative base”

ᴱQ. ma² adv. “*interrogative particle” (Category: to Question, Inquire)

Reference ✧ PE16/77 ✧ ma

Element In

• ᴱQ. ma kaire laiqen ondolissen kirya maita? “*does a ship lie maimed on green rocks?” ✧ PE16/77

Derivations

• < ‽ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”

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

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]”