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aja.w.iri imilla ‘ajawiri girl’
ch'iyar imilla "black girl!
djang'u imilla 'white girl’
k"uchi gallu ‘piglet’
ptifu chara ‘p'ifiu leg’
q'illu k'awna "yellow egg'
runtu ‘egg' (Quechua)
sani imilla ‘sani girl'
waka laxra ‘cow tongue'
yugall ch'ugi "boy potato’

Two more potatoes have names of 1) another vegetable, and

2) an inanimate object:

g'illu sapallu ‘yellow squash'
wislla p'aki ‘bent serving spoon' (cucharén
doblado)

In fact, the only potato name cited that is not metaphoric,
apart from the generic term ch'uqi, is quyu.

One of the commonest metaphors in Aymara is chuyma.
It is usually translated 'heart' (coraz6n), but most speakers
will explain that the anatomical organ it represents is
actually the lung (bofe) or diaphragm. The anatomical term
for heart is lluqu. As a metaphor, chuyma always occurs with
human reference. A common phrase is taqi chuyma.t ‘whole-

heartedly, sincerely’ (de todo coraz6n). The noun chuyma