434

6-3.35.2 Remote indirect knowledge tense (RIK)

Spanish used to elicit: Gd le habias dado.

 

‘You gave it to him!'
(surprisal)

6-3.35.21 Structure and distribution (see Figure 6-8)

Suffixes with 3p or 2p complements are formed
on the base of /-ta:-/ or /-tay-/ recurrent partial marker
of remote indirect knowledge plus the corresponding
Simple tense suffix. Person/tense suffixes with 1p and
4p complements have some allomorphs formed by the same
rule as the above, but also have allomorphs (those that
begin with the vowel /i/) that are reduplicative or
formed in more complex ways.

The most varied suffix in this tense is 343,
commonly used in stories and as a surprisal. Although
/-tayna/ occurs in all dialects except Morocomarca, other
allomorphs also occur. /-tafia/, probably a metathesis
of /-tayna/, occurs in La Paz and Calacoa. /-ta:na/
occurs in La Paz. The form /-tawi/ alternates with
/-tana/ in Morocomarca and Calacala. For some speakers
the /w/ of -/tawi/ is somewhat unrounded, approximating
/y/. /-tay(i)/ occurs in Sitajara, Jopoqueri, and
Salinas. Tschopik (1948) attested * 7 -tawna/ in
stories recorded in 1940-42 in Chucuito, near Juli and
Socca. The variants cited by Bertonio (1603b) are

*y-tawina/ and */-tawi/.