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/s/ ~ /j/ occurs in the root consonant in 2+], and in
Socca and Huancané, in 3>4. Forms elicited paradigmat-
ically for Calacoa all had the continuative /-s.ka-/
followed by the independent suffix /-puni/ ‘really',
or else were built on -iri (see 6-3.37). 1+3 with
-iri was also attested by Bertonio. The continuative
is common with sa.na in other dialects, namely Sitajara,
Salinas, and Morocomarca. The independent /-pini/
‘really’ and the independent -ki 'just' occur in Moroco-
marca 2>1 S. An epenthetic vowel /u/ occurs in Moroco-
marca 1+3 before the sentence suffix -wa:s.t".u.wa
‘I said'. The Morocomarca forms having variants with
/-s.ka-/ are anomalous in that /-ka-/ keeps its final
vowel before consonant-requiring suffixes. Such forms
are probably instances of RDK rather than Simple tense,
although forms different from some of those in the regu-
Tar RDK paradigm occurred.

Juli forms for 3+4 contain a zero allomorph
of the root sa-, apparently by assimilation of the
initial /s/ to the /ch/ or /sch/ of the 3+4 inflection.

As with all Aymara verbs, the proper use of sa.fia
requires facility in manipulating verbal derivational
and independent suffixes. The following forms built on
3+3 S occurred frequently in this research and all gloss
‘"he/she/they said', with different degrees of personal

knowledge not pertinent to this discussion: