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jamach'i.lla ‘little bird' (Salinas)

jila.Jla.naka ‘brothers' (Corque)

tayka.1la ‘little old lady' (Salinas)
5-3.22.3 - ita

This suffix is the borrowed Spanish diminutive
-ita. It occurs infrequently and usually only in frozen
forms such as mamita 'mother' (a term of endearment used
to one's own mother). It also occurs on a few roots

ending in /a/.
kullak.ita ‘little sister' (Calacoa) kullaka ‘'sister'

nas.ita ‘little nose' (Salinas) nasa _ 'nose'

pisag.ita ‘little partridge’ (Jopoqueri)

pisaga ‘partridge’

5-3.22.4 ~_itu

This suffix is the borrowed Spanish diminutive
-ito. It is not used in Calacoa but is elsewhere more
productive than -ita, occurring on nouns without regard
to the gender of the referent, as in tawaq.itu ‘young
woman' (Juli), although in this case the choice of -itu
rather than -ita may be influenced by the fact that the
root tawagu ends in /u/.