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どない

Meanings

1

na-adjective

what kind of; what sort of; what

Kansai dialect equivalent of どんな. Used adjectivally before nouns.

See also: どんな

どない服ふくが好すきなん？
What kind of clothes do you like?

2

adverb

how; in what way

Kansai dialect equivalent of どう. Used adverbially to ask about manner or state.

どないしたん？
What's the matter? / What happened?

Similar words

どんな
Standard Japanese equivalent for the adjectival sense 'what kind of'.
どう
Standard Japanese equivalent for the adverbial sense 'how'.

Etymology

Kansai dialect form corresponding to standard Japanese どんな and どう. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely developed from a contraction or sound change of どのような or a related form.