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The morphophonemics of this suffix are the same as those

of -ma ~ -mma.
5-3.11.16 -yya

This suffix occurs on jilaya 'brother', jil.ir.may
‘father's older brother's wife’, and jil.ir.ttay ‘father's
older brother', all used in Jopoqueri, and in sullka
tata.ya ‘father's younger brother', used in Socca. In
the last example it may be an allomorph of lp possessive

suffix (see 5-3.24.1).
5-3.12 Nonfrozen limited suffixes

The meanings of these suffixes are usually

apparent.

5-3.12.1 - chapi ~ -ch"api ‘the one which/that'

This suffix does not occur in La Paz. It occurs
in Huancané, Sitajara, and Jopoqueri, usually with the
aspirated allomorph, on the interrogative kawki, the
demonstratives aka and uka, and the derived number

may.ni. Examples:
kawk.ch"api.sa ‘which, who is that?' (Sitajara)
ak.chapi ‘this one' (Huancané)

uk.chapi ‘that one' (Huancané)