The Malayalam conjunctive suffix - um and disjunctive suffix - oo , when suffixed to (a phrase containing) a "question word," yield (respectively) a universal quantifier and an existential quantifier. A "question word" (I assume) signifies a variable (Nishigauchi 1990); and a conjunction/...
A "question word" (I assume) signifies a variable (Nishigauchi 1990); and a conjunction/disjunction operator applied to a variable interprets it as an "infinite conjunction/disjunction" (the meaning of a universal/existential quantifier). The operator "applies to" a question word by "...