mashema

Wutunhua

Etymology

Related to Mandarin 什麼／什么 (shénme).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɑʂʰəmɑ]

Adverb

mashema

  1. why
    Synonym: (uncommon) marai
    ni mashema kuu-lio-zhe?
    Why did you start crying?
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 80)

References
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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