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of the action, and if that complement is expressed by a
noun in the sentence, it is suffixed with -taki ~ -tak"i
-tay. If there is no -rapi in the verb stem, the verb
complement is not a beneficiary, but there may be a noun

marked by -taki ~ -tak"i ~ -tay expressing a goal or pur-

pose of the action.

Jupa.x naya.tak law ay.ta.s.i.
3p Ip ——s stick «pick up 353
S

'He picked up a stick for me (i. e. to hit me with).' (La Paz)

Here naya Ip is not the complement of the verb inflection,
which is 3+3 -i, but rather is the goal of the action.

The foregoing example was inspired by an example
in Bertonio (1603b:294) which was intended to have the
above meaning but has -rapi- verbal derivational suffix
on the verb. For contemporary speakers, this makes the
/-taki/ complement the beneficiary, changing the meaning
of the sentence to 'He picked up a stick on my behalf’.
That is, -rapi- always implies a beneficiary in Aymara
today. It seems unlikely that the meaning has shifted
since the 17th century; rather, Bertonio's translation
was probably in error.

Additional examples of /-taki/ and /-tay/ are the

following:

Na.tay.wa. ‘It's for me. ' (Sitajara)