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Sa.ma.1la. ‘Say it.' (‘not so imperative')

Sa.w.ma.lla. ‘Tell him on your way.'

Sa.w.x.ma.lla. ‘Tell him right this minute!' (peremptory)
In Sitajara 2+] Imperative occurred instead of the Future
form given in Juli: /s.ita/ ‘tell me’.

The following example of sa.fia with the Desidera-

tive occurred in Calacoa:

/sa.ni.p.xa.sma.1la/ ‘You (pl.) should say .. .'
2>3

The following examples of sa.fia with Remote
tenses occurred in Huancané:
3>1 RDK /sa.rak.ita:n.s/ ', . . and he said tome...

393 RIK /ji.s.xa.tayn/ ‘he said' (narrative)

Other forms commonly used in stories are given in 7-4.4.
6-4.4 Dialectal patterning

As has been said, inflected forms of sa.fia
display considerable variation. Dialects tending to
avoid initial consonant clusters are La Paz, Huancané,
Jopoqueri, and Calacoa, but each of these uses different

recourses for avoiding them.