pe i-kae? why? for what reason?

Part of Speech

interrogative

• • why? for what reason?

  Literally	because it's how?
  Syntactic Restriction	impersonal construction, always 3sg
  (Part of) Synonym (for)	~ve

  • • Example 1023:
      

      A-kai lusa ene na pe i-kae?

      Why did you tear my shirt?

    • Example 1024:
      

      Pe i-kae?

      Why?

Related entries

• Contains:
  • ~kae¹ question verb enquiring on a situation, or the manner of an action / do how? / be how?