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5-2.41 maya ~ ma: ‘one’ and paya ~ pa: ‘two'

In all dialects maya and paya occur singly or
as heads of phrases. Like k"aya and naya, their /ya/
sequences reduce to vowel length form when they occur as
modifiers, e. g. /ma:/ in ma: uta ‘one house's; and as
already noted (4-3.22.14), in Jopoqueri the vowel length

allomorphs also occur in compound numbers.

5-2.41.1 maya ~ ma:

maya ~ ma: has several derived meanings and
forms. In its basic form as modifier /ma:/ means ‘one’.
When modifying a pluralized noun, it translates as 'some'
(unos in Spanish), e. g. ma: achachila.naka.x ‘some old
men'. It may modify another number, as in ma: pa: ch'akura
‘some two stakes' (Corque).

maya ~ ma: plus -mpi ~ -nti ‘with' has the
meaning ‘once more, again'. Allomorphs are regionally
predictable but will be given here to illustrate their
differing phonological shapes, which can cause inter-
dialectal confusion. For example, a La Paz speaker
did not recognize the Salinas voiced variant [ma:.ndi]
and resisted accepting it as the equivalent of his

/maya.mpi/.
/maya.mpi/ (La Paz, most other dialects)

/ma:.mpi/ (Calacoa)