Dear John and friends,

thanks. I have looked up on Duroiselle [#532(ii/b)]: 'ki.m' can
be 'why' when used adverbially. So, I believe you are right. However,
in such situations, 'ki.m' is indeclinable, i.e. no change across
cases, genders and numbers.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, John Kelly wrote:

I took ki.m = why, and eta.m = this. Thus:
Why do you ask this?

> 5. Ki.m tva.m eta.m pucchasi?
> what / you / him / ask
> What do you ask him?