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(In Huancané, however, wallpa ar.ta is 'cock's crow'.) The

Spanish loan verb parla.fa 'to speak' has been adopted al-

most everywhere. Verbs built on aru or arusi- have a variety

of derived meanings.
ar.s.t'a.fia

ar.su.nia

ar.s.xa.fia
ar.t'a.fia
ar.t'a.wiya.fia

arusi.fia

arus.naga.fna

arus.ta.fa ~ arus.t'
arus.tata.fia
arus.t'a.si.fia

ar.xata.na

ar.xaya.fia

‘to speak' (San Andrés de Machaca)
'to say’ (Salinas)
‘to speak' (San Andrés de Machaca)

‘to decide; to babble, be barely able
to speak' (La Paz/Tiahuanaco)

*tto reveal’ (Bertonio 1603b:301)

‘to babble' (La Paz/Tiahuanaco)

'to yell' (San Andrés de Machaca)

'to call' (Salinas)

‘to scold, protest, speak against some-
one' (San Andrés de Machaca, Tiahuanaco,
Compi)

*1t0 speak' (Bertonio 1603b:87)

‘to speak i11 of someone' (La Paz/
Tiahuanaco, also Bertonio 1603b:327;
La Paz uses parla.si.fia more often to
convey this meaning)

a.wiya.fia '‘tongue-twister'’ (Salinas)
'to say to someone' (Salinas)

'to agree’ (Huancané)

‘to declare oneself in favor of' (San
Andrés de Machaca)

'to speak to' (San Andrés de Machaca)