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6-2.25.2 -xa- ~ -ga- completive

In view of the /k/ ~ /j/ alternation for the in-
completive, the possibility that a similar alternation of
/q/ ~ /x/ exists for the completive--or may have existed
in the past--must be kept in mind. Tschopik (1948:109)
gives one example of a /q/ which is probably a variant
of this suffix, but /-xa-/ also occurs in his transcrip-
tion, which in any case is not completely phonemic.

In Calacala there occurred a /q/ which may be a realiza-
tion of the completive. It could not be -qga- 'down',
as it occurred after the causative suffix -ya- ~ -:-

(here reduced to plain vowel).

Amu.s.t'a.q.i.lla. 'He made him be quiet. '
333
S

The Compi equivalent of the above has /-xa-/ (see 6-2.22).
Further investigation will be needed to see if /-qga-/
completive is a productive suffix in Calacala and else-
where.

Examples of the completive are given below with

different tenses.

Simple: Chur.x.t.wa. ‘I've already given it to him.'
give 143 (La Paz)