326

*g" aw. su- "to take off shirt' (Bertonio 1603b:302)

*g!awa 'shirt' (Bertonio spelling: caua)

On verb roots the meaning of this suffix is either

literally ‘out of' or a completive, or metaphorical.

ar.su.fa 'to babble, be barely able to speak; to decide’
(La Paz/Tiahuanaco)
‘to describe something orally, reveal. bring out'
(Bertonio 1603b:302)

ar. Su. ya. fia ‘to cause to say’ (Salinas)

aru ‘word, language, speech, speak' (noun/verb
root)

-ya- causative

6-2.14 ~ra- and -t"api-

6-2.14.] ~yra- serializer, reverser

-~ra- occurs infrequently as a verbalizer. Example:

kaka.ra.si.fia ‘place todefecate' (Corque) <

Spanish caca_ 'feces'

As noted by Bertonio (1603b:292), and still the case
today, on verbs of carrying and placing the suffix
usually reverses the action; on other verbs it signifies

serial or repeated action.