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in examples in Chapter 3. Examples of shifts of meaning

across dialects are given in 8-3.12.
5-4.12 Variation in suffixes

Suffixes that show variations in phonemic shape
are the Ip possessive, the complement/relationals (except
-ru and -na), -jama 'like', and the verbalizer -ja- ~ -ka-.
Those that show variation in morphophonemics are the per-
sonal possessives, the complement/relationals, and three

suffixes that follow the three-vowel rule: -layku ‘on

account of', -pura ‘among', and -kama ‘until'. Suffixes
that occur only in certain dialects are -chapi ~ -chap"i

‘the one which/who' (which also shows phonological vari-

ation), -ra 'through', and -cha diminutive.
5-4.2 Dialectal patterning

Dialectal patterning in the noun system is
most evident in the temporals and in the shape of per-
sonal possessive suffixes. The following dialect groups
may be distinguished on the basis of the morphemes indi-
cated; there is, however, a good deal of isoglossic

overlapping.
5-4.21 Juli, Socca

jayp'u. ‘evening/night'