| Part of Speech | interrogative |
| Phonetic Form | ŋanae |
| Variant Form(s) | ngaten’ ae |
| Tanema Equivalent | sive |
| Lovono Equivalent | ese |
| Morphology | Contraction ngatene ‘thing’ + ae ‘what’ |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 1179:
Wako. Nganae a-ko u-vete?Alright. What do you want to say?
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S96
Example 1195:
Ene ni-mui ni-ko kape n-ajau nganae kape wako.I don't know what to do.
Example 1793:
Na nganae?!What's this?
Example 1945:
Ai-etengi ñe nganae?Why are you crying? [about what?]