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-sina (and variants) in this saying by the dialect areas

where it was obtained:

-sa_ (La Paz, Salinas)
/-sina/ (Juli, Huancané)
/-sna/ —_ (Socca)

/-sana/ (Jopoqueri, Morocomarca)

In all versions the main verb is sa.fia, usually in the
obligatory form sa.fia.wa, and the subordinate verb is
uf.ja.na ~ if.ja.fia 'to see’.

The second text is a riddle about a spindle,
which was obtained everywhere except in Sitajara, Socca,
and Huancané. Most dialects have -sa in this riddle,
as in the following version from Salinas. (Other ver-

sions may be found in Appendix D.)

Ma: tawaqu.xa muy.ka.s muy.ka.s wal  gq'it.x.i.
a young woman turn — well expand 3+3

S

Uka kuna.sa ? Uka.pi.y qapu.w.
that what that spindle

‘A young woman turning, turning gets pregnant. '
What is that? That is a spindle.’