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When one partner in a marriage does not want to be

reconciled with the other, someone may comment as follows:

Anu.s nuwa.si.sin suma.pt.i.sa. (La Paz/Compi
dog fighting make up 333 (Yapita 1975:3)
S

‘Even dogs make up after fighting. (Why not people?) '

The above is a strong rebuke. If the errant spouse still

refuses to attempt a reconciliation, he or'she will hear

the ultimate condemnation.

Kuna.r uf.ta.t sar.naq.ta.xa,
anything look at go around 273

S

jaqi.tak p'inga, anu.tak unra.
people same dog honor

 

‘How stupid you are.

You are a shame to the human race,
an honor to dogs."

(La Paz/Compi) (Yapita 1975:3)

Bertonio (1603b:94) cited a sentence using a ver-

balized form of * anugara ‘dog’ meaning ‘insult, make fun of'

+
Uma.ta.na anugara.ch. tama.
drunk dog 32

S

‘As you were drunk he made fun of you (treated you
like a dog).'