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(6.20) a. i. Era Xtiano cana Dios cumessamai puracana era amuyasu cata taracana era cemamai
huassu ema, ranu umanuraschi macate rana sahuassuacana ussu?
ii. era xtianocana dios cumessamaipuracana era amuyasucatataracana eracemamaihuassuema,
ranuumanuraschi, macate ranasahuassuacana ussu?
iii. eRa cristianokana Dios kumesamaipuRakana eRa amuyasukatataRakana eRas1mamaiwasu1ma,
RanaumanuRaSi, makate Ranasawasuakana usu?
eRa cristiano =kana Dios kumesa =mai =puRa =kana eRa
good Christian =pl.ms God say =inact.nomz =nom.pst =pl.ms good
amuyasukata -taRa =kana eRa -s1ma =mai =wasu =1ma
observe -act.nomz =pl.ms good -core.neg =inact.nomz =aug =priv
Rana= umanu =RaSi makate Rana= sawa -sua =kana usu
3pl.ms= die =nass where 3pl.ms= soul -? 202 =pl.ms go
close: ‘The good Christians, those who observe what God said, those without great
evil, when they die, where do their souls go?
target: ‘The good Christians, those who observe God’s commandments, those
without great evil, when they die, where do their souls go?
spanish: ‘Después de muertos los buenos cristianos que han guardado los Mandamientos
de Dios, ¿adónde irán sus almas?’
b. i. Euate mairitama cate muriapai sareguaraschi ranacaquere zenoni.
ii. Euatemai ritamacate, muriapai sareguaraschi ranacaquerezenoni.
iii. 1watimai Ritamakate, muRiapai saR1waRaSi Ranakak1R1senuni.
1wati =mai
be.high.up =inact.nomz
Rana= kak1R1 =senuni
3pl.ms= live =purp
Ritama
village
=kate muRiapai saR1wa =RaSi
=all uninterruptedly be.happy =nass
close: ‘To the high village, so that they live being happy uninterruptedly.’
target: ‘To Heaven, so that they may live forever happy.’
spanish: ‘Subirán a la Gloria.’
(6.21) a. i. Ayaice xtiano cana (Con letra desvaída: upai Aucacana). Dios cumessamai pura
cana roaya amuyasu cataracana era ecmamae huassi yara rana aumanuraschi, macate
Dios yumupuricana sahuacana?
ii. ayaice xtianocana (upai aucacana) Dios cumessamaipuracana roaya amuyasucataracana
eraecmamaehuassiyara, ranaaumanuraschi, macate Dios yumupuri canasahuacana?
iii. ayaise cristianokana (upai aucakana), Dios kumesamaipuRakana Roaya amuyasukatataRakana
eRas1mamaiwasuyaRa, RanaumanuRaSi, makate Dios yumupuRi Ranasawakana?
202 The sequence does not correspond to any morpheme identified for either modern Omagua or Kokama-
Kokamilla (Faust 1972; Cabral 1995; Vallejos Yopán 2004, 2010a), and we have been unable to locate any cognates
to it in other Tupí-Guaraní languages. Note that the sentence is completely grammatical without . Espinosa
Pérez (1935:159) represents the same portion of text as , without the complicating . It is
unclear if he simply ignored a sequence of letters in the manuscript that made no sense to him, or if the introduction
of these letters is an error on Bayle’s part.
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