| - A- Stem 'a'lu kw'un's hun'ut tthey'?
| What is that called? | - B- Wech (kw'un's hun'ut tu'i).
| It is a watch. / This is called a watch. | - A- Stem 'a'lu kw'un's hun'ut tthey'?
| What is that called? | - B- Huy'qwoon' (kw'un's hun'ut tthey').
| It is a light. / That is called a light. |
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Another way of asking stem questions is to say, literally, "What do you call...?" Kw'un's hun'ut means "you call it" or "you name it".
Stem kw'un's hun'ut? | "What is it called?" |
Stem kw'un's hun'ut tthey'? | "What is that called?" |
Stem 'a'lu kw'un's hun'ut tthey'? | "What is that called?" (speaker wonders) |