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Uriarte’s own, and as such we do not make use <strong>of</strong> it here. 270 Perhaps the greatest problems involve<br />
the reflexive construction Ratiti ayuka Ranu (presumably ‘he killed himself’). This utterance would<br />
not be grammatical in modern Omagua, with titi ‘be alone’ in clause-initial position, although it is<br />
grammatical when titi follows the entire verb phrase, as in (8.3). Likewise the syntactic role <strong>of</strong> the<br />
3pl.ms pronoun Ranu is unclear, given that the reflexive verb should not take an object argument.<br />
(8.3) awitaku las once yini, nani takumIsa titikatu.<br />
awi =taku las once yini nani ta= kumIsa titi =katu<br />
already =dub eleven o’clock 1pl.incl quot 1sg.ms= say be.alone =intsf<br />
“‘It’s already eleven o’clock’, I said to myself.”<br />
(MCT:C1.S5)<br />
The use <strong>of</strong> ablative =sui in (8.2b) is clearly a calque based on the Spanish de otra mano ‘by<br />
another hand’, as =sui otherwise only indicates motion away from some relevant reference point,<br />
and not an instrumental role. Lastly, the response in (8.2b) suggests that the question in (8.2a)<br />
should begin with a reason interrogative pronoun, but it does not.<br />
8.3 Part II, Section 105<br />
In the latter part <strong>of</strong> 1759, Uriarte and the residents <strong>of</strong> San Joaquín repeatedly came into conflict<br />
with the local secular governor (see Uriarte ([1776]1986:269-275)), who eventually threw an Omagua<br />
man named Pantaleón in the stocks. Uriarte then reports a relative <strong>of</strong> Pantaleón as having uttered<br />
the sentence in (8.4). The curaca, Tadeo Gualinima, freed Pantaleón without informing either the<br />
governor or Uriarte, and the two fled with their extended families to the Ucayali. They returned<br />
in 1760, but in the interim the governor had, on Uriarte’s recommendation, appointed Nicolás<br />
Zumiari 271 as the new curaca.<br />
(8.4) a. Ayaize Tuisa, yane zeta ya napara. Enome yomuera Patiri. roaya epecatarasi Pantaleón,<br />
upaicana usuari cauacati.<br />
b. Ayaize Tuisa, yanezeta yanapara. Enome yomuera Patiri. roaya epecatarasi Pantaleón,<br />
upaicana usuari cauacati.<br />
c. ayaise tuisa, yeneseta yawapaRa. ename yum1Ra patiRi. Roaya epekataRaSi pantaleón,<br />
upaikana usuaRi kawakate.<br />
ayaise tuisa 272 yene= seta yawapaRa 273<br />
wicked chief 1pl.incl= want flee<br />
ename<br />
proh<br />
yum1Ra patiRi<br />
get.angry priest 274<br />
270 The translation appears to have been inserted by Bayle himself, as it is identical to a translation provided in a<br />
footnote on the same page that comes from Lucas Espinosa, and more closely resembles an interlinear gloss than<br />
a free translation, which Uriarte’s own translations clearly are. In line with our own discussion <strong>of</strong> the grammatical<br />
inconsistencies <strong>of</strong> this passage, Espinosa himself comments on this passage in the following way: “Noto alguna<br />
diferencia en la estructura de las palabras comparando con el modo de expresión que emplean actualmente los<br />
omaguas, pero son perfectamente inteligibles las frases” [Translation (ours): “I notice some difference in the<br />
structure <strong>of</strong> the words when comparing them with the mode <strong>of</strong> expression that the Omagua employ currently, but<br />
the phrases are perfectly intelligible”] (Uriarte [1776]1986:253).<br />
271 The surname also appears spelled as in Uriarte’s diaries.<br />
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