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: separates two meanings that are fused in the same morpheme

- separates different morphemes (minimal distinct units of meaning)

1 ‑ni; ‑y first person = I (by default: subject on verbs or nominalised verbs; possessor my on nouns)

2 ‑nki; ‑yki second person = you (by default: subject on verbs or nominalised verbs; possessor your nouns)

3 ‑n; ‑n third person = he/she/it (by default: subject on verbs or nominalised verbs; possessor his/her/its nouns)

abv ‑manta ‘ablative’, wide range of case-type meanings, particularly ≈ from, since, about

acv ‑ta accusative, direct object of a verb e.g. I want bread; also used on infinitives dependent on a verb e.g. I want to eat

adnl ‑pas additional ≈ too, as well, and; with wh‑ question words forms indefinite pronouns: some-thing, any-body, etc.

ag ‑q agent: added to a verb stem to derive from it a noun for who ‘does’ the verb ≈ -er, e.g. sing-er

apx ‑niq approximate: added to a noun stem to add a sense of roughly, around, approximately

aug ‑karay ‘augmentative’ ≈ big

conj ‑chá speaker’s conjecture, supposition or expression of possibility but not complete certainty

condit ‑man ‘conditional’, roughly equivalent to English conditional mood but also as something of an optative, very common also in polite requests and questions

csv ‑chi causative: to make somebody else do the verb: e.g. Make him eat it!

ctv ‑taq contrastive ≈ but, and

defin ‑puni definitive ≈ really, absolutely

dim ‑cha diminutive

dir ‑m(i) direct evidence: speaker has personally witnessed or experienced this fact

drv various derivational morphemes (various)

dtv ‑paq dative: indicates the person who benefits ≈ for; also (together with the pdg suffix) indicates the purpose: for, in order to

dub ‑chus dubitative: expresses uncertainty or doubt [-chus is formed originally from ynq -chu + conj -ch(á), or in some cases -chu + rpv-s(i)]

ep ‑ni eases pronunciation, no meaning

excl ‑ku pluraliser for exclusive we (excludes hearer) and they; always found following 1 ‑y or 3 ‑n respectively

foc various focus ≈ identifies the word which carries the new information for the hearer

fut various future tense

gen ‑p(a) genitive ≈ of, ’s

incl ‑n‑chik pluraliser for inclusive we (includes hearer) and you; always found following 1 –n(i) or 2 –nki/‑yki respectively

incv ‑nti ‘inclusive’: ≈ together with, as well as

inf ‑y infinitive suffix on verb stems ≈ to, as in the verb form to eat; or just makes a noun form from the verb: eat-ing

ioj ‑man indirect object ≈ to, for; also used for direction to(wards)

itl ‑wan instrumental: the ‘tool’ something is done with; also the accompanier with

lcv ‑pi locative, i.e. ‘place in’ ≈ in, at, on

ltv ‑lla limitative ≈ only; also has many other specific uses when combined with other suffixes

neg ‑chu negative marker (always accompanies negator word mana)

nml ‑na nominaliser (derives noun from verb stem)

oj person object (direct or indirect) marker of verb; suffix goes on the verb

past ‑r(q)a past tense (overt marker often omitted, especially where verb has a ‘perfect’ sense, i.e. still relevant to the present)

paug ‑sapa ‘augmentative of possessed’ ≈ having a big..: e.g. sinqa-sapa having a big nose, ‘big-nose’

pdg ‑na pending future action; also obligation to do the verb

pgv ‑chka progressive aspect of verb

pl ‑kuna plural (of nouns or pronouns)

pplgd ‑spa gerund-type participle ≈ -ing; e.g. taki-spa hamurqan s/he came sing-ing

pplsb ‑pti subordinating participle ≈ -ing, used for conditions in constructions for when, if e.g. hamu-pti‑n: if/when he comes

pppl ‑sqa past participle, used for deriving adjectives; also used for relative what: e.g. rura-sqa what is/was done

psv ‑yuq derivational possessive ≈ having, with

reas ‑rayku reason: added to a noun stem to add a sense of because of, for x reason, x is why…

rel ‑n relational ≈ part of

rfxv ‑ku reflexive verb form ≈ self, e.g. kick oneself; also corresponds to English passive, impersonal or intransitive verbs e.g. is done, happens

rpv ‑s(i) reportative (‘indirect evidence’): speaker has not personally witnessed or experienced this fact, has only heard of it from others

simil ‑hina similitudinal ≈ like: e.g. warmi‑hina like a woman. Disputed status (also called ‘comparative’), sometimes taken as a case marker; sometimes taken as a free morpheme (there is a homonymous standalone root form meaning thus, frequent in these texts too).

top ‑qa topic ≈ what the sentence is ‘about’, as the attention of the wider discussion switches from one thing to another

trans ‑mu translocative: movement towards the speaker, or doing the verb elsewhere

vbpl ‑ku plural (of subject or object) of verb

ynq ‑chu yes/no question marker

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