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Sry is possible that some relics of *jama ‘like’
as a root still occur. In Calacala an old lady was heard
to say jama.ch.i.xay 'so it may be’ rather than
uk"ama.chi.xa.y, the normal expression in La Paz and

elsewhere. For other possible relics of a noun *jama
‘like', see 6-2.3.