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Kuriyanu.t s.ipna , Turkisa.t s.ipna.. .

. . Other languages are (al1) languages - (whether)
speaking of Chinese, speaking of Korean, speaking of
Turkish . . . ' (La Paz/Tiahuanaco, in Hardman et al.
1975:3.xxi)

K"'it s.ipan.s waw  chur.tama.
who baby give 23
bs)

‘Who could have given you the baby?' (a rude question
asked of a young mother in Calacoa)

Srta. Lucy s.ipan.xa <Aymar aru yati.g.t'a.ii
Tearn

mun.t"a> s.ipan.xa , na:.xa allux kusi.s.t"a.

want 13 Ip very happy 133
S

S

‘When Miss Lucy said "I want to learn Aymara", I
was very happy.' (Salinas)

- kawk'"a.t.s t'ij.tata.n.tam u jan s.ipan.xa
where hurt 2>3 no
)

kawk"a.t.s sint us.tam...

3>2

S

- . . where did it hurt you, or else where does it
hurt the most . . . (Compi)

The particle iyaw plus sa.fia

The particle iyaw 'yes' may be embedded with sa.fia

to mean 'agree'. In the usage of persons active in