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interrogative pronouns (and some non-interrogative pronouns) has a DISTRIBUTIVE function, i.e., it specifies different kinds of things, or
links different things in a certain relationship, or distributes
qualities among various members of a set of things.
- ꬮ + ꬮ enna + enna
ͨ×ƨÆ
enn-enna `what (all) kinds of (things are there)?'
- Íÿ×´ + Íÿ×´ enge + enge
Íõ×´õ×´
engenge `where-all; in what different places?'
- ¿Ôç + ¿Ôç yaaryaaru `who-all?'
- ÇÂõ´Âõ´ avangavanga `all kinds of different people'
- Çâ + Çâ adu + adu
Ç»â
adadu `each and every thing'
Haorld_F.Schiffman