ksá (25_Interrogative Pronouns (Wh-Words))
ksá
ksá
Grammatical function
- Type: Interrogative Adverb (Modal)
- Meaning: How? / In what manner?
Pronunciation
IPA: /ksɑ/
Etymology
Derived from the question prefix k- + zá (With/Comitative). Phonotactic Note: The voiced /z/ is devoiced to /s/ due to the preceding voiceless /k/ (k+zá → ksá).
Example sentence
John ksá shěsonů? How does John read? (e.g., By what method/tool).
Example Sentence 2
Xő bwona pỏnă zèbů — ksá pỏpỏ ů naŕè. “He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be.”
Usage Note
Sense 2 (“like, as”). In declarative contexts ksá introduces a manner standard (“in the manner of / the way that…”), extending the indirect use of wh-words (25_Interrogative Pronouns (Wh-Words) §4). Also: ksá anő ihjáka-ỏbỏ (“like a pincushion”), ksá pă pỏpa (“as the other rabbits did”). First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).