-qaa

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Yup'ik

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Etymology

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Similar, though probably unrelated, to many interrogative markers in other languages; Compare Korean (ga), (kka, interrogative particle), Finnish -ko, -kö (interrogative suffix), Indonesian kah (interrogative suffix), Malay kah (interrogative suffix), Kapampangan (interrogative particle), Tagalog ga (dialectal interrogative particle), Marathi का (, interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-qa.a/, [-(q)qɑː]

Particle

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-qaa

  1. Added to the first word in a sentence, used to form polar questions.

References

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  • Steven A. Jacobson (1995) A practical grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo language, University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 22