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warm.t'a.si.fia 'to have a mistress' (La Paz) warmi  ‘woman'

wayn.t'a.si.fia ‘to have a lover (male)' (La Paz)

wayna ‘young man'

An example on a noun stem ending in -ta nominalizer is

wayk' jiya.t.t'a.si.tayna ‘pepper has been ground' (Jopoqueri)
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RIK iya.fa 'to grind’

An example on a noun stem ending in -ni possessor is
jan punchu.n.t'a.ta ‘without poncho' (Huancané)
The following are examples on verbs:

ampar jamp'at.t'a.fa ‘to kiss the hand' (La Paz)
jamp'ati.na ‘to kiss'
irp.t'a.fia ‘to give a child back to his own mother or father'
—— (La Paz)
irpa.na 'to take a person'
jirt.t'a.fia ‘to make mazamorra' (a corn-based soft drink)
— (Sitajara)

jirta.fia ‘to move'

The suffix occurs frequently as a softener with imperatives,

as in the following examples from Calacoa: