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RuooLPH
ScHULLER
t.
By adding !he suffix
-tseve
to nouns, adverbs are formed. .
canaruti-tseve,
honestly
epucu-tseve,
fragily
etena-tseve,
secretly
enime-tseve,
graciously
caasicali-tseve,
depravedly
Suffix of the instrumental is also
-xa,
as in
etua-cuana-xa,
by, through,
by means of the eyes;
ebiani-cuana-xa,
through the nostrils ;
eidaxa-xa
Hs,
through the ear.
The locative (illative, adventive, &c.) suffixes are thus:
T
a e a na :
-su
pamapa tsine-su,
every day
ena-su,
in the river
le
148
-su cuana eputi,
we go
to
the
"chacra" (plantation)
exixe-su epu-ani,
he is in the mountain
(woods)
Apolo-su mi pali-que,
go to Apolo
1
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O ua riz a
eubba-tsu,
on earth
Ca v ineña :
-tsu
bare-tsu quimisa
146
barepa.xu"'
tsura-cuare,
went up to the
heaven
curusu-su tata-cuare
149 ,
he was nailed oo
the cross
Tac a n a
ema mave-su,
(luck-1-am-not-in), 1 am not lucky
ecuana pexe-su,
among us
beta anixude-su,
on two places
etse-sa cuara me-sa santo edu-su,
we-two-of-mother-thee-of-holy-body-in
-su
is also !he suffix of the dative of !he Cavineña possessive pronouns.
mi-cue-i.su,
to thee
ecuana.i-xu,
to us
mi-cuana-i-su,
to you
xuma-cuana-su,
to those
Again guttural (velar) and dental interchange.
further:
ena-rnaxe,
along the river
ebaquie-xe,
from above
du-se, to bring
(in the sense of
fr~>-to)
pu-e,
to come (froJll!.to, return), while
¡m-ti
seerns to express: to go away, to leave.
Dubi–
xa,
to make out
(cf. n-ubi,
to enter and West)
The suffix
-su
appears also in most of the adverbs and prepositions, the
great majority of them being compounds, as:
eaua-su,
below, down
eéi-su,
ahead
daxa-s1t,
after
tsine-cua-su,
in the evening
ebaquie-su,
above
eme-xi-su,
inside
1 5 1
ctsequeni-su,
outside
tsurnaita apada-su,
before uight
145
"Tacana", p. 55,
eida-xa,
ear, ear-shell;
eida-rara,
ear-hole (ear-port).
HG
From the KétSua.
H 7
Dental and guttural (velar) interchange
(ts-x-s).
HS
Cf.
T'é
in the Maya-KitSé dialects; and Carib-Aruác languages.
140
lnteresting formation of the passive.
150
Probably referring to the small place called Apolobamba, Bolivia.
151
Cf.
hand.