mashema

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Wutunhua

Etymology

Related to Mandarin 什麼什么 (shénme).

Pronunciation

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