‘to think’

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yusulupay (La Paz/Tiahuanaco; < Spanish
Dios se lo pague
'May God repay you.'

amuya.tia (La Paz)

lup'i.ftia (La Paz, Jopoqueri)

‘to wait for someone’

‘to weed'

8-3.22

Verbal

iffas.t.a.fa (Morocomarca, Calacala)
urias.t'a.tia (Calacoa)

ufias.t'a.wa.ftia (Sitajara)

ansiya.fia (Corque)

suya.fia (La Paz, Juli, Huancané, Calacoa)
wanqi.fia (Jopoqueri, Salinas)

wang.t'a.fa (Salinas)

qura.tia (La Paz/Tiahuanaco, San Andrés
de Machaca)

qura.ta.fia (La Paz/Compi)
qur.su.fia (Achocalla, La Paz/Tiahuanaco)
gur.ta.fia (Achocalla)

t"aru.fia, t"aru.ra.fia (La Paz/Compi)

inflectional suffixes

Falling together of certain verbal inflectional suf-

fixes involving the fourth person was noted in 8-2.1.

Structural homophony in verbal inflections (one

form with several meanings) is rather limited in Aymara.

The following examples may be noted: