kăgo (25_Interrogative Pronouns (Wh-Words))
kăgo
kăgo
Grammatical function
- Type: Interrogative Quantifier (k-word)
- Function: Asks for quantity or amount.
- Meaning: “How much?”, “How many?”
Usage Notes
- Completes the k-word paradigm: kjo (what), kshá (who), ksi (where), ksá (how), ksè (why), kvå (when), kăgo (how many).
- Behaves like the -go quantifiers (dăgo, hjigo, fůtăgo): same syntactic slots, interrogative force.
- In-situ like all k-words; no word-order change: Kăgo jå kè? (“How many do you want?“)
Pronunciation
IPA: /kaɪgo/
Example sentence
O-chỏno kăgo? “How much (is) this food?”
Etymology
k- (interrogative formative, cf. 25_Interrogative Pronouns (Wh-Words)) + -go (quantifier base of dăgo/hjigo/fůtăgo) with epenthetic ă.
Synonyms
- kjo (what — general k-word)