wétin

Pichinglis

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from wé +‎ tín (“thing”), although wé does not function as a question particle with any other nouns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wétìn/

Pronoun

wétin

  1. (interrogative) what
    Synonym: ús-tín
    • 2019, Kofi Yakpo, A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎[1] (overall work in English and Pichinglis), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 222:
      Fɔ wétin yu nó de wók tidé?.
      Why aren't you working today.
      (literally, “For what [reason] aren't you working today?”)

References

  • Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 577
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