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5-3.22.5 -ySitu

This is a variant of -itu, from Spanish -cito.
It occurs rarely, like -ita, and appears frozen to the

roots on which it occurs, which are all kinship or age terms.
papa.situ ‘father, daddy' < Spanish papacito (La Paz)
allchi.situ  ‘grandchild' (Huancané)

awki.situ) ‘little old man' (Juli)

5-3.23 ~yoi possessor/enumerator

This suffix is in general use in all areas.
The following is a summary and revision of my earlier
treatment (Hardman et al. 1975:3.291-294). The semantics

of -ni are further discussed in 8-2.24.
5-3.23.1 -ni possessor

The suffix -ni turns a noun into a possessor
of that noun, except as noted in 5-3.23.2. A noun stem
with -ni may be verbalized with the verbal derivational

suffix -cha causative as well as by -:- verbalizer.
quligi.ni ‘one who has money'

quligi.n.cha.fia ‘to make someone win' (La Paz)