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A noun stem or theme with an independent suffix,

for example -ki ‘just, only', may be a zero complement.

Inklisa.k@.xa.y parla.p.x.s.t.xa.
English speak i

‘We speak only English.' (Hardman et al. 1975:3.406)

A zero complement may occur after its verb.

Na.x suy.t'a.s.k.t"a jich"a.x chacha.jQ.wa.
Ip wait Pe now husband Ip

'I am waiting now for my husband.‘ (Huancané)

Kuna.mpi.ra(ki) mag'a.si.: ch'ufi~.ka?
what eat 133
F

‘What am I going to eat chufio with?' (Morocomarca)

This type of word order is more common in Aymara transla-
tions of Spanish elicitation sentences (as was the case
with the two previous examples) than in nontranslated,
free texts. In translating from Spanish to Aymara some
speakers pronounce the final vowel of zero complements,
even when placing them before the verb, in a kind of

citation-form delivery.

Jin marka.sa sara.w.ja.tana. ‘Let's go to our town.’
town 4p go 4-+3 (Calacoa)
F