ngaten’ ae what?

Part of Speech	interrogative
Phonetic Form	ŋatenae
Morphology	ngatene ‘thing’ + ae ‘what’

• • what?

  Literally

  what thing

  • • Example 1958:
      

      Li-le pe ngaten' ae?

      Why did they go? [lit. they went due to what thing?]

Related entries

• Main Entry:
  • nganae¹ what
• See also:
  • ae what? / hesitation marker used when looking for one's words, esp. before a noun