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Correlative Pronouns and Adverbs

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The System of Correlative Pronouns and Adjectives

The (cor)relative pronouns/adjectives are as follows (→PE23/79):

demonstrativeanimateinanimateadjective
prox. 1p. excl. ‘here by me’simosimasina
prox. 1p. incl. ‘here by us’himohimahina
prox. 2p. ‘here by you’cimocimacina
remote spec. ‘that (pointed)‘tamotamatana
remote unspec. ‘that’sana
interrogativemamomamamana
indefinite
sg. specific ‘some’momauma
pl. specific ‘some’lielialia
free choice ‘any’aiquenaiquaaia
negative ‘none’úquenúquaúqua
contrastive
’same'immoimmaimya
'similar’hapahapa
‘other’hyamohyamahyana
quantitative
countable ‘few’sempisempasempa
uncountable ‘some’cina
countable ‘many’hrimihríma
uncountable ‘much’laca
‘all'illiilyailya
'two’yúyeyúyayúya