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Table 2.12: Modern Omagua Verbs Nominalized with =SiRu<br />

Root Gloss Stem Gloss<br />

aisIkapa be ugly aisIkapaSiRu very ugly person<br />

ikua know ikuaSiRu wise person, school<br />

Iu eat IuSiRu plate<br />

map1R1 be lazy map1R1SiRu lazybones<br />

payu witch payuSiRu witch<br />

sas1s1ma shout.redup sas1s1maSiRu (Sp. gritón)<br />

uka1Ra be stingy uka1RaSiRu stingy person<br />

Table 2.13: Modern Omagua Endocentric Nominalizations with =SiRu<br />

Root Gloss Stem Gloss<br />

kai white monkey sp. kaiSiRu mischievous boy<br />

maRia Mary maRiaSiRu church 65<br />

nami ear namiSiRu earring<br />

p1ta foot p1taSiRu sock, footprint<br />

pua hand puaSiRu ring<br />

sIt1ma thigh sItumaSiRu pants<br />

tIputi excrement tIputiSiRu entrails<br />

uni water uniSiRu water jug<br />

y1wa arm y1waSiRu sleeve<br />

2.2.3.2.6 Possessive Nominalizer =yaRa The possessive nominalizer =yaRa, homophonous<br />

with the noun yaRa ‘owner, master’ (cf., Sp. dueño), is an enclitic which in Old Omagua exhibits<br />

two functions: 1) when functioning endocentrically, it derives a noun that may be construed as the<br />

possessor <strong>of</strong> the nominal head; and 2) when functioning exocentrically, it derives a noun from verbal<br />

stems borrowed from Spanish. The former function is illustrated in (2.31). That the non-assertive<br />

marker =RaSi (see §2.3.7.2) may attach to a noun here is a result <strong>of</strong> the fact that it is a non-verbal<br />

predicate (nuamai utSayaRa ‘big sinner’) that is not being asserted here.<br />

(2.31) cristianokana nuamai utSayaRaRaSi, maRaitipa Ranayaw1k1aRi 1p1pemai [tata tupak w Rape]<br />

Ranausumaka?<br />

cristiano =kana nua =mai<br />

Christian =pl.ms be.big =inact.nomz<br />

Rana= yaw1k1 =aRi 1p1pe<br />

3pl.ms= do =impf be.inside<br />

=maka<br />

=neg.purp<br />

utSa<br />

sin<br />

=mai<br />

=inact.nomz<br />

=yaRa =RaSi maRai =tipa<br />

=poss.nomz =nass what =interr<br />

tata tupa =k w aRape Rana= usu<br />

fire place =iness 3pl.ms= go<br />

‘Christians, being great sinners, what should they do in order to not go to Hell?’<br />

(example (6.29a))<br />

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