study.

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Some dialects have plain vowel where other dia-

lects would have /-xa/ or /-:/. Such absences of /-xa/

and /-:/ must be distinguished from their syntactically-

conditioned absence on subjects of subordinated verbs;

see 4-3.31.1. Examples of /-xa/, /-:/, and their absence

follow:

Ch"armanti.x juma.x iskuyla.x jut.ta.xa.
this morning 2p ~ school ~ come 2-3
S

'This morning you came to school (I do believe, right?).'
(Hardman et al. 1975:3.413; La Paz)

Naya.x sara.:.wa. ‘I will go.'

Ip ~™ go
(Hardman et al. 1975:
3.412) (La Paz)

Naya.x sara.:.xa. "I will go, okay?'
]-3
F

Kuna.s suti.ma.xa ? ‘What's your name?' (La Paz, Socca,
what name 2p Jopoqueri, Calacoa, Juli, Salinas)

 

Naya.xa aka Lima marka.n ut.j.ta pir jani.w
Ip town live 1+3 but not
S

naya.: aka.:.k.t.ti.
~ here 133
S

'I live in Lima but I'm not (from) here.' (Huancané)