~kae¹ question verb enquiring on a situation, or the manner of an [...]

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)kae
Tanema Equivalent	~ja, ~jive
Lovono Equivalent	~wo, ~ñese
Morphology	Cf. (?) ~ka ‘do like’ + ae ‘what’

1. • question verb enquiring on a situation, or the manner of an action
   • • Gram
2. • do how?

   Syntactic Restriction

   dynamic reading

   • • Example 1020:
       

       Kape le-kae?!

       How were they supposed to proceed?!

3. • be how?

   Syntactic Restriction	static reading
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	~ve

   • • Example 1021:
       

       I-kae eo?

       How are you?

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~kae² how?
• Is Part of:
  • pe i-kae? why? for what reason?
  • we i-kae? …or what? …or something?
• See also:
  • ~ejau¹ do ‹s.th., ngatene›, act in a certain way / make, create, prepare ‹s.th.› / prepare ‹food›, cook ‹s.th.› / provide ‹medicine›, prepare (for s.o., ñe) / make up ‹story, piene›, fabricate / make ‹s.th. happen›, make ‹s.o. do s.th.›: Causative
  • ~ka³ (do) like (this)
  • kavele how? in what way? / be how?
  • ~mikae¹ do what? / … or what? Uttered when hesitating about a proper verb