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-qaa
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Appendix:Variations of "qaa"
Yup'ik
Etymology
Similar, though probably unrelated, to many interrogative markers in other languages; Compare ko 가, ko 까 interrogative particle, fi -ko, fi -kö interrogative suffix, id kah interrogative suffix, ms kah interrogative suffix, pam ká interrogative particle, tl ga dialectal interrogative particle, mr का interrogative particle.
Pronunciation
esu /-qa.a/ [-(q)qɑː]
Particle
esu particle clitics
Added to the first word in a sentence, used to form polar questions.
References
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