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for 'noon'. Vasquez indicates this means 'on the top of
the head'.
The following restricted temporal roots do not

enter into noun phrases but instead modify verbs:

anch"ita ‘right away'
jink"ara (Jopoqueri) ~ nik"ira (Sitajara) ~ nik“iri
(Socca) ~ nink"ara (Salinas, La Paz) ~ nink"a:ra

(La Paz) ~ nink"ra (Morocomarca) ‘a while ago! 0

maya ~ may.ti ‘all at once' (see 5-2.4)
maya.mpi ~ ma.nti ‘again' (see 5-2.4)

niya ~ na '‘already'

wasita (La Paz, Calacoa, Sitajara) ~ wasta (Juli)

‘'again' (possibly related to wasa)

5-2.64 Temporals in combination with nouns of other
classes
In all dialects nouns from other classes combine
with temporais. Compound forms with the interrogatives
kuna and gawg"a are shown in 5-2.1. The demonstratives
and the numbers, especially maya ~ ma: 'one' and maya

‘'another' (which are simultaneously temporals), may also

modify temporals.