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5-3.11.1 Kinship markers

Kinship markers are -chi ~ -ch"i ~ -ch'i, -ku,
-la, -ta ~ -tta, and -ya. They occur on kinship terms
used in certain areas. Both -chi or -ta and -la occur

on certain stems, -la always last.
5-3.11.11 “e chi ~ -ch"i ~ -ch'i
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Kinship terms with this partial are
achachi_ ‘grandfather' (Morocomarca, also Bertonio 1603b)
‘old man' (Calacoa)
'stupid/dirty old man, old (animal)'
(La Paz)
achachila ‘grandfather’ (Juli, Calacala, Jopoqueri)
achichi ‘stupid old man, old' (Sitajara)
alichi 'grandchild(ren)' (most dialects)
alichti 'grandchild(ren)' (Jopoqueri)

*apachi ‘grandmother' (Bertonio 1603b; not attested in

modern Aymara)