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the verbal derivational suffix -cha-, as it occurs before
other Class 1 and 2 derivational suffixes, whereas in the
above examples /ch/ occurs after Class 1 suffixes. It

is not -chi NI, which takes a preceding consonant. It is
not -cha alternative question, which occurs after in-
flections, as noted above. Eliminating these three possi-
bilities, we are left with the hypothesis that /-ch.jama-/
is a frozen form, perhaps a metathesis of /-jama.cha-/,
possibly formed by analogy with the combination of -cha-
verbal derivational as verbalizer, plus -jama--/-ch.jama/--
which occurs on noun roots and stems. In the following
form from Compi (see also 6-2.11) the vowel before -cha-

drops by the three-vowel rule:

Juta.:.fi.ch.jama.k.itu.w. 'I just feel like coming.’

come 3+]
S

 

(A more literal translation would be ‘Something makes
me feel like coming', given the causative suffix /-:-/
and the 3+1 S inflection -itu.)

Finally, the following forms have been heard by

Vasquez but their provenance is unknown.

Jut.ch.ja.k.i.w. 'I think he has come.'

come 333
S