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a form that has vowel length verbalization at the morphemic
level may not have it at the phonemic level. For example,
kawki.n.k.iri.:.ta.sa with vowel length verbalization
before the inflectional suffix 273 S /-,ta/, is pho-
nemically /kawkinkiritasa/ and therefore so written. If
there were no vowel length verbalization, the form would
be */kawkinkirtasa/, which does not occur.

It should also be noted that several homophonous
suffixes occur in the expressions: -ta ~ -t"a ‘from, of'
(5-3.31.4), -ta_~ -t"a 1+3 S (6-3.31), -ta 2+3 S$ (6-3.31),
and -ta nominalizer (7-4.21.3). In the following examples
the verbal inflections are identified; the others are

identifiable by context and gloss.

AC-2.1 Northern dialects
AC-2.11 Huancané

Sik.t'a.si.mam may, mama.
ask +2 one
F

'May I ask you a question, ma‘am?'
Sik.t'a.si.mam.ch mama.

Sik.t'a.si.fi mun.sma.y, tata. ‘I would like to ask you a question,
want 172 sir.'
D-1
Suti.ma.x kuna suti.ni.sa? ‘What is your name?'

name 2p what name