366

Elsewhere the continuative may be so expressed also, with

/-ka-/ or /~-ja-/.

Jacha.s.k.i.way. ‘They are crying.’ (Calacoa)
~ 333
S

Uta.nha.n.ka.s.ka.:n.wa. ‘He was in my house.' (Sitajara)
house Ip ~~ 343
RDK

Aka.n.ka.s.j.i.w. ‘He's here.' (Jopoqueri and Corque)
here ~~ “343
S

One speaker in Salinas, whose Aymara was probably in-
fluenced by that of La Paz, used both /-ja-/ and /-s.ka-/

continuative in the same sentence in a story.

Aka.n.x na.x sSawu.n.j.t".w, sawu.si.s.k.t na.x.

here Ip weave = 1+3 weave l+3 Ip
S Ss

"Here I'm weaving, it's weaving I am.'

A popular song in Calacoa has /-s.ka-/ in one stanza

and /-ka~/ alone in another.

Jacha.s.k.i.way. ‘They are crying.’
cry 333
S