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/-ki/ and /-y/ occurred in Sitajara. /-ki/ occurs else-
where. The suffix requires a preceding vowel, except in
Huancané when following -raki. It loses its vowel before
consonant-requiring suffixes, in zero complement. vowel
drop, when preceding the final sentence suffix -sa in
Calacoa, and when preceding the final suffix -sti in
Sitajara.

/-ki/ may reduplicate on a stem. It frequently

occurs as a softener on verbs with the Imperative.

Examples:
suma.ta.ji ‘slowly’ (Salinas)
suma.ta.ki 'gently' (La Paz/Compi)

k'acha.ta.ji ‘slowly’ (Morocomarca)
juk'a.pacha.ki ‘a little’ (Morocomarca )

Juta.rak.ki.ni.w. ‘They will arrive.’ (Huancané)
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Uk"ama.ki.:.s.ka.k.ch.i.xa.y. ‘That's the way it always is.'
— “NI (Huancané)

juma.ki.ki.:ma.s ‘just like you' (Juli)

ttaga.ki t'ag.ta.s ‘looking and looking' (Calacoa)

Say.t'a.ki.m. ‘Stand up.' (Calacoa)
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