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Without -nta- the above would imply the houseowner burned

the house down on purpose.
6-2.17.4 ~ ymucha- »_-muchu- ~ -muku- ~ -nuku- ‘away, off'

This suffix can verbalize, but it is more often
found as a derivational. The preferred form in certain
La Paz dialects, including JesGs de Machaca, is /-muku-/,
which is the only allomorph cited by Bertonio (1603b:283).
/-nuku-/ is preferred in Compi and Tiahuanaco; a speaker
from La Paz/Tiahuanaco also uses /-muchu-/. /-mucha-/
occurs in Salinas. A La Paz speaker reports having heard
/-nuchu-/ somewhere, but it is not included here since

its provenance is unknown at present. Examples:

ali.s.muchu. fia” ~ alis.nuku.fa 'to throw out' (La Paz/
— —— Tiahuanaco)

ali.s.mucha.fia ‘to throw out' (Salinas)

 

ali.si.fia ‘to run after someone’ (La Paz/
Compi )

apa.nuku.fia ‘to abandon, cast off (a person); to throw away'
(San Andrés de Machaca) apa.fia_ ‘to carry’

iki.nuku.fia ‘to sleep away from home, without notifying
one's family’ (La Paz; also Bertonio 1603b:283)

iki.fia ‘to sleep'

jaqu.nuku.fia ‘to throw off' jaqu.fia ‘to throw' (La Paz)