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c. yenepatiRik1Ra, yume uku.
yene= patiRi =k1Ra yume uku
1pl.incl= priest =dim give needle
‘Father, give us needles.’
original: ‘Nuestro Padre Chiquito, danos agujas.’
(Uriarte [1776]1986:456-457)
8.9 Part IV, Sections 121-122
In October 1768, as Uriarte and his Jesuit companions were being escorted out of Maynas as part of
the Jesuit expulsion, they spend several days in San Joaquín. Uriarte reports the following dialogue
between him and the Omagua resident there at this time.
(8.10) a. Patiriquera usu?
b. Patiriquera usu?
c. patiRik1Ra usu?
patiRi =k1Ra usu
priest =dim go
‘Father, are you going?’ 295
original: ‘¿Ya te vas, padre chiquito?’
(Uriarte [1776]1986:527)
(8.11) a. i. Patiri maraicua usu ene?
ii. Patiri maraicua usu ene?
iii. patiRi, maRaikua usu ene?
patiRi maRai =ikua usu ene
priest what =reas go 2sg
‘Father, why are you going?’
original: ‘¿Por qué te vas, Padre?’
b. i. Dios aiquiara ceta.
ii. Dios aiquiara ceta.
iii. dios aikiaRa seta.
dios aikiaRa
seta
God dem.prox.ms.pro want
‘[Because] God wants it.’
original: ‘Porque Dios lo quiere.’
(Uriarte [1776]1986:527)
(8.12) a. Eraya usu, yene patiricana; Zani za-ni yereba; Dios yumuyauereepe.
b. Eraya usu, yenepatiricana; Zani za-ni yereba; Dios yumuyauere epe.
c. eRaya usu yenepatiRikana. sani sani eRewa. Dios yumiaw1Ra epe.
295 Although we translate this example with a vocative patiRi (see footnote 274), the lack of a second-person subject
ne= means that the translation would literally be ‘Is the priest going?’ However, we assume that our translation
reflects the Omagua that Uriarte intended.
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