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7-4.13.2 Verbs

A verb stem before inflection or nominalization

may be reduplicated for emphasis.

ar.ch'uk ar.ch'uk.iritan ‘he yelled and yelled' (Calacoa)

ell 333
y RIK

jacha jacha.fia ‘to have one's eyes brimming with tears,
tear >N to be about to cry' (La Paz/Tiahuanaco)

 

 

Kat.j kat.ja.puni.ya:.wa. ‘I'll catch you somehow!' (Socca)
catch 1s

 

 

katu katu.ja.x wallat.x ‘I'll catch the lake bird’
catch 13 (Calacoa)

F

t"aqa.si t'aga.s.iritan ‘she searched and searched'
search 333 (Calacoa)
RIK

uma.nt.t' uma.nt.t'a.ma ‘drink, drink' (Sitajara)
drink 28

ufia ufia.fia ‘to look many times’ (La Paz/Tiahuanaco)
Took >N

A whole inflected verb may be reduplicated, as follows: