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Statements with this suffix do not usually have the

strong emotional overtone of the question, as in

Manu. layku.w jut.ta. 'I came because of a debt.'
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Missionary Aymara uses the term kuna.layku.ti.xa 'because'
(see 9-5).
This suffix follows the three-vowel rule

(4-3.22.16).

§-3.12.8 - pura ‘between, among' (reciprocal)

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This suffix occurs primarily on human nouns.

warmi.pura ‘among women' (La Paz)

mimill waw.pura.tan ‘we're just women' (Sitajara)
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mimilla ‘girl’  wawa_ 'child'

Jupa.nak.pura.ki.w. ‘They're just by themselves. '
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Bertonio used this suffix with body parts, as
in *nayra.pura "both eyes', but in present-day La Paz
this is rejected in favor of using the frozen stem purapa
‘both' (see 5-3.24) as a modifier, e. g. purap kayu
‘both feet'.