3-4.42.3

3-4.5

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Consonants
Nouns:
‘ant! /sik'imira/ (Salinas, Morocomarca)
/k'isimira ~ sik'imira/ (La Paz/Compi)
‘cap! /ch'ullu ~ lluch'u/ (La Paz)
Correspondence of final (C)CV sequence with another

CV sequence or zero

In the following three-vowel nouns the final

(C)CV may be a frozen suffix that is no longer productive.

3-4.51

3-4.52

3-4.53

/nku/ ~ /ya/

‘skunk’ /afiat"unku ~ anat"uya/ (Socca)
/afiat"uya ~ anat'uya/  (Huancané)
/afiut"aya/ (Juli, Salinas)

/qa/ ~ /qu/ ~ /chu/

‘alpaca’ /allpaga/ (La Paz)
/alpagu/ (Jopoquer?)
/alpachu/ (Sitajara, Salinas)
/qa/ ~ /la/
‘partridge’ /pisaga/ (Jopoqueri, Salinas)

/pisala/ (Sitajara, Calacoa)