608

Warmi kankafia.x jani.w wali.k.i.ti.
woman being no good 33
S

 

'To be a woman alone is not good.' (La Paz/Compi)

Warmi kankafia.pa.mpi.x Jura.p.x.i.w.
woman being do 373
S

‘In spite of their being women they did it.'
(La Paz/Compi)

Noun phrases in which kankafia is modified by nonhuman nouns

are usuaily rejected.

*jang'u  kankafia ‘to be white’

This meaning is instead expressed by verbalizing the noun

jang'u ‘white’.

jang'u.:.fia ‘to be white'

If jang'u modifies a human noun, such as jaqi, the noun

phrase is acceptable to some speakers.

janq'u jaq kankafia ‘to be white people, White Power'
(La Paz/Tiahuanaco)