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<Uma.nta.ma chicha, aka k'us um.t’a.ma.lla,
drink 253 this chicha drink 2>3
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ch'ama.tayi> sa.s uka.t uma.nt.iri.w.
strength that drink

 

''Drink chicha, drink this chicha, for strength,"
so saying they drink.’ (Sitajara)

The following example has a subject consisting of

two nouns conjoined:

Uk"a.ru.x awk tayka.raki.w puri.n.iritayn.
then father mother and arrive 33

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'Then the father and mother arrived.’ (Juli)

The second in the following minimal pair (contrast-

ing the phonemes /ch'/ and /ch/) implies more than one per-

son as subject.

Ch'ara.nt.chi.spa.xa.y. '(The rain) might get your

wet NI 353 clothes wet.' (La Paz)
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Chara.nt.chi.spa.xa.y. 'They may cross thighs. '

thigh (obscene) (La Paz)