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4-4,] Variation in morphophonemics of suffixes

Noun suffixes (5-3) that vary in their morpho-
phonemics from one dialect to another are the personal
possessives and the complement/relationals. While all
dialects have certain noun suffixes that observe the
three-vowel rule, in Huancané the rule also operates
for -taki complement/relational and the personal pos-
sessives, which do not follow the rule in other dialects.
In Jopoqueri the three-vowel rule extends to certain
frozen suffixes. In Morocomarca, Calacala, Jopoqueri,
and Salinas the personal possessive suffixes have vari-
able morphophonemics conditioned by final consonant
cluster avoidance rules.

Only two verbal derivational suffixes (6-2) have
variable preceding morphophonemics: -naga- 'aimiessly'
and -nuga- placer. These vary within as well as across
dialects. Verbal derivational suffixes subject to the
three-vowel rule in La Paz (and possibly elsewhere)
are -cha- verbalizer of nouns, -kipa- ‘past a point,’
-muchu- (and variants) ‘away', -paya- helper, and -tata-
scatterer.

Of the verbal inflectional suffixes (6-3), 2+3
Imperative is unique in requiring a preceding consonant
in Juli, Socca, Huancané, and Morocomarca, except when

the verbal derivational suffix -ka- incompletive precedes