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me^- can be used also with the adverb ge of indefinite reference pre- 

 ceding; the compound, followed by di, is employed in an interroga- 

 tive sense: gfgme'^di WHERE ? WHEN? 56.10; 100.16; 190.25. The 

 idea of direction in the demonstrative adverbs seems less strong 

 than that of position: lie'^'^ine^ haxa'^m he comes from over there, 

 as well as he'^^me^ gini'^V he goes over there, me^- and Jie^^-iJid^^-), 

 however, often necessarily convey the notions of toward and away 

 FROM the speaker : me'^-yewe^^ lia/"-^-yewe'^^ he came and went back 



AND FORTH. 



Demonstrative adverbs may take the restrictive suflBx -da^x or 

 -daba'^x (cf. -da^x with personal pronouns, §103): 

 eme^da'^x 114.4, 5 



.-I 1 ic ^-, . ■, .\ here alone 

 eme^daoa^x 114.14J 



§ 103, Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns 



As independent words, the interrogative and indefinite stems occur 

 with adverbs or adverbial particles, being found in their bare form 

 only when incorporated. The same stems are used for both inter- 

 rogative and indefinite purposes, a distinction being made between 

 persons and things: 



ne¥ who? some one 86.2, 23; 108.11 

 it'ai what? something 86.5; 122.3; 128.8 



As independent adverb also perhaps : 



¥ai t.'umuxi perhaps he'll strike me 23.3 

 As interrogatives, these stems are always followed by the interroga 

 tive enclitic particle di, ¥ai always appearing as Fa- when di imme- 

 diately follows : 



we'F-(Zi who? 46.15; 86.4; 142.9 

 Fa'-diwhat? 47.9; 60.11; 86.8 



¥a'i . . . di occurs with post-positive ga^a^l: 



Fa'i ga'al di' wha.t ioT'i. why? 71.15; 86.14; 98.8 



As indefinites, they are often followed' by the composite particle 



-s'i^wa'Fdi: 



ne¥-8-i^wa'¥di I don't know who, somebody 22.8 

 ¥ai-s-i^wa'¥di I don't know what, something 96.10 



As negative indefinites, ne¥ and ¥ai are preceded by the negative 

 adverb a'ni^ or wede, according to the tense-mode of the verb (see 

 §72): 

 § 105 



