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Qamaqgi.xa wali contento , kusi.:.si.sa , t"uq.t'a.si.sa ,
fox very contented feel happy §_ dance —

muyu.si.sa ispiritu.x galla.si.sin.x sar.x.i
turn —™ spirits carry — go 33

ma: jach'a taki.ru katu.n[d]a.sina.
a big road take _—

‘The fox, very content, feeling happy, dancing, turning,
went away carrying the spirits (birds), taking a main
road.’ (Salinas)

The suffix -sina does occur in personal knowledge
accounts. An example of /-sina/ in discussion of one's
childhood (a context where personal knowledge forms would
be expected) is the following, in which it is used with

two subjects:

Uka.n jila.wa:.sin.xa propietario na.ru.x

there grow owner Tp

intirisi.way.x.itu.x.
interest

‘There, where I had grown up, the owner began to take an
interest in me.' (Achocalla)

An example of /-sina/ with the sentence suffix -wa is

the following from Huancané: