3-4.7 Correspondence of initial /ja/ and vowel length or
zero, and correspondence of final /ma/ and zero

Noun/independent suffix:

'like' /-jama ~ ja:ma ~ -ja/ (La Paz)

/-jama ~ -ja/ (Juli, Huancané,

Sitajara)
/-ja:ma ~ -ja~ -k"a~ -:ma/ (Jopoqueri)
/-ja ~ -:ma ~ -:mu/ (Salinas)
/-ja:ma ~ -:ma ~ - yma / (Morocomarca )
/-ja/ (Calacoa, Socca)

3-4.8 Combinations of correspondences in one word

Several of the examples already given display dif-
ferent kinds of correspondences. Two unusually variable

morpheme sets are the following nouns:

‘a while ago' /jink"ara/ (Jopoqueri )
/nik"ira/ (Sitajara)
/nik"iri/ (Socca)
/nink"ara/ (Salinas, La Paz)

/nink"a:ra/ {La Paz)

/nink"ra/ (Morocomarca)

'sweet' /misk'i/ (Calacala, Morocomarca)
/musq'a ~ musq"a/ (Salinas)
/misk'i ~ musqa ~ muxsa/ (Huancané)

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