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ájî Nom sg: ájì. [West]: kájì. pn.inter. 1 • Where, which. Kájì ɨ́shɔ́mɔ̀ ŋolé? Where did you go yesterday? Kájì doí íŋúaa? Where are you coming from? / Where do you come from? Kájì etíi ɨntárɛ̀ ínonó? Where are your sheep/goats? (Pk).

2 • How. Kájì ínkúnárɨ̀? How will you go? (e.g. I know you don't have money for transport) (W). Kájì áɨ́kɔ́? i) How do I do it? (e.g. I don't know how to do the homework) (W -K) ii) What do I do with it? (K). Kájì áíkó tɛnáas? How do I do it? (K). Kájì kɨ́nkʉ́nà ɛntɛmatá? i) How did you do on the test? (W -K) ii) What did the exam do to you? (i.e. how did it affect you?) (K). LING: This most often occurs with k- prefix.

akɨ́tɨ̀ Variant: áákʉ́tɨtɨ́. adv. 1 • Slowly. Shɔ́mɨ̀shɔ̀mɔ̀ taá akɨ́tɨ̀ ɔtábàì. Just go slowly until you reach there. Táàsà esíáàì inó akɨ́tɨ̀. Do your work slowly. (Pk). Táàsà esíáàì inó áákʉ́tɨtɨ́. Repeatedly, do your work very slowly. (Pk). Téjò áákʉ́tɨtɨ́ Say it slowly. (Pk). See: akíni [North].

2 • Gently, quietly. Akɨ́tɨ̀ taá ɨ́mbʉŋá ɨ́lɔ̂ kimojínò peê mínkóyìè. [ɨ́mbʉ̀ŋá ɨ̀lɔ̀ kìmòjínò] Hold that sick finger gently so that you don't hurt him. Ɨ́rɔrɔ́ akɨ́tɨ̀, amʉ̂ kɛ́ɨ́rʉ́rà ɛnkɛráí. Talk quietly, because the baby is asleep.

3 • [West] I am sorry. This is what one might say if you step on someone's foot, though may also be used to let someone know he has stepped on you.

4 • A short bit of time. A: Maria! Ewó sháì? B: Ɛɨtʉ́, kákè akɨ́tɨ̀. A: Maria! Is tea ready? B: No, but in a little bit (it will be ready). (W). Akɨ́tɨ̀ peê ááítárè. (Wait) a moment, so I will escort you. (W). See: áákʉ́tɨtɨ́ ‘Slowly’; kɨtɨ́ ‘Little’.

kája inter. 1 • How many? Kája ɨnkɛ́râ nɨ́átà? How many children do you have? (Pk).

2 • How? Kája ínkó ɨmbáà naííjo nɛ́nâ tɛ̀ nɨ́às? How do you do such a thing? (Pk). See: ajá ‘How many? how?’.

kájì inter. Where? How? Kájì ílóítò? Where are you going? (W). See: ájî ‘Where, what’.

katʉ́kʉ̂l [North] Acc sg: katʉ́kʉl. adv. Thoroughly, quite, completely, extreme degree. Eishíutûô ɨnkɛ́jɛ́k katʉ́kʉ̂l amʉ̂ ɛ́táá kélo. Her legs are completely healed because she can now walk. (Pk). Kápáláâ alɛ̂ shaní motúá katʉ́kʉl. I will let this tree die completely. (SN). Kápʉ́rdʉ́pʉ̀rd katʉ́kʉl. I will crush it thoroughly. (SN). Káyíéú ɨ́nâ síáàì katʉ́kʉ̂l. [ɪ̀nà] I need that job completely.

katúkulíé Completely. See: tʉ́kʉ̂l ‘Completely’.