Ancash Quechua indefinite pronouns

Ancash Quechua uses its bare interrogatives as indefinites, as pi 'who', and derives one series from them, the non-specific -pis-series (pi-pis), with -pis 'also, even'. The members are those of Haspelmath's table. Pi-pis is also Quechua.PolarityItems.piPis.

References

• [Has97]

def Quechua.Indefinites.pis : InterrogativePronoun → IndefinitePronoun

The -pis marker attaches -pis to the interrogative.

Equations

• Quechua.Indefinites.pis = IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative fun (x : String) => x ++ "-pis"

def Quechua.Indefinites.pi : IndefinitePronoun

Bare pi 'who' used as an indefinite.

Equations

• Quechua.Indefinites.pi = IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative id Quechua.Pronouns.pi

def Quechua.Indefinites.piPis : IndefinitePronoun

pi-pis, the interrogative pi with -pis.

Equations

• Quechua.Indefinites.piPis = Quechua.Indefinites.pis Quechua.Pronouns.pi

The series

def Quechua.Indefinites.interrogativeSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The bare interrogatives used as indefinites.

Equations

• Quechua.Indefinites.interrogativeSeries = { name := "bare interrogative", members := Finset.image (IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative id) Quechua.Pronouns.interrogatives }

def Quechua.Indefinites.pisSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -pis-series.

Equations

• Quechua.Indefinites.pisSeries = { name := "-pis", members := Finset.image Quechua.Indefinites.pis Quechua.Pronouns.interrogatives }