654 12 Extraction processesThe Im speaker used andek w-α 'which (one)?' in isolation, adding a
demonstrative to sndek. He kept the demonstrative even with a following
noun: sndek w-α e-haen 'which house?'. For this speaker, it may be that
andekwa should be treated as a fused unit.
For my primary T-ka informant, andek occurs in the predicative 'where is
X?' construction (769.a), and in extended adverbial phrases like that in
(769.b), where we may really be dealing with a 'which?' construction. 'Where
is X?' can also be used in context to mean 'What about XT (pragmatically,
'Tell me about X!'). The fuller form andske (with medial schwa) is used in
isolation and in simple adverbial 'where' sentences like (769.d-e).(769) a. sndek X
where? X
'Where is X?'b. andek s-i-ha
where? Adv-Dem-Dem
'around where?' ('toward where?', 'whereabouts?')c. sndek t-assiw-en t-i sffuqqae-t-nen di-hen
where? Fe-grass-FePl Fe-Dem.Sg sprout-Aug-Partpl.Pl there
'Where (=what about) the grasses (=pastures) that have
sprouted there?'d. sndakeAt t-anhay-sed
where?-3MaSgO 2S-see.Reslt-2SgS
'Where did you-Sg see him?'e. kaeyy andake t-sewwaed-aed
2MaSg where? 2S-arrive!PerfP-2SgS
'(As for) you-MaSg, where (=how far away) did you get to?'andake is often followed by cltiicized Comitative -\d, as usual with
focalized spatiotemporal adverbials. TheAd is omitted in cases like (769.d)
where another clitic occurs after the interrogative, but the -\d is regularly
present in the absence of another clitic, as in (770.a-b).
(770) a. andake-\d i-qqima
where?-\Comit 3MaSgS-sit.Reslt
'Where is he sitting?'
b. sndske-Vd wasr t-seddobe-d ujas
where?-\Comit Neg 2S-be.able.PerfP-2SgS enter.VblN
'Where is it that you can't go in?'