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The normal positional g"ipa ‘after’ and the bor-
derline positionals chika ‘halfway, middle’ and layra ~
nayra 'before' are simultaneously members of the temporal
class and modify other temporals in all dialects.

Two verbs nominalized with -iri modify temporals.
They are jut.iri ‘coming, next' and pas.iri ‘last, past'
(from Spanish pasa- ‘pass'), as in the following. (The
examples are from La Paz but probably occur elsewhere

as well.)
jut.ir mara ‘next year'

jut.ir p"axsi "next month'

pas.ir junisa ‘last Monday'

pas.ir p'axsi ‘last month’

The suffix -kama should also be included in a

discussion of temporals (see 5-3.32.1).
5-2.65 Distribution of temporal roots and derived forms

Figures 5-1.1 and 5-1.2 give dialectal distribu-
tion and glosses of full root and derived temporals that
show variation, in alphabetical order. Where a slot in
the pattern is filled by a different form, it is shown
in parentheses. Blanks mean no form was elicited for the

gloss shown. Figure 5-2 shows the overlapping glosses of