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^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN