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(5.5) a. i. Aguerepa Dios amiti?<br />
ii. Aguerepa Dios amiti?<br />
iii. aw1R1pa Dios amiti?<br />
aw1R1 =pa Dios amiti<br />
how.many =interr God exst<br />
close: ‘How many Gods are there?’<br />
b. i. Uyepe titi.<br />
ii. Uyepe titi.<br />
iii. uyepe 161 titi.<br />
uyepe<br />
one<br />
titi<br />
be.alone<br />
close: ‘Only one.’<br />
(5.6) a. i. Guaraschi, Yasie, Sesuscana, Hueracana, eguatacana veranu, tomaritipa aiquiaracana<br />
Dios mura?<br />
ii. Guaraschi, Yasie, Sesuscana, Hueracana, eguatacana veranu, to maritipa aiquiaracana<br />
Dios mura?<br />
iii. k w aRaSi, yas1, sesukana, w1Rakana, 1watakana weRanu, to maRitipa aikiaRakana Dios<br />
muRa?<br />
k w aRaSi yas1 sesu =kana<br />
sun moon star =pl.ms<br />
aikiaRa<br />
dem.prox.ms.pro<br />
=kana<br />
=pl.ms<br />
w1Ra =kana<br />
bird =pl.ms<br />
Dios muRa<br />
God 3sg.ms<br />
1wata =kana weRanu to maRi =tipa<br />
forest =pl.ms coord ? what =interr<br />
close: ‘The sun, the moon, the stars, the birds and the forests, which <strong>of</strong> these is<br />
God?’<br />
b. i. Natimarai aiquiara Dios mura, Dios yagueque mai puracana, puravanu.<br />
ii. Nati marai aiquiara Dios mura. Dios yaguequemaipuracana pura vanu.<br />
iii. nati maRai aikiaRa Dios muRa. Dios yaw1k1maipuRakana puRai Ranu.<br />
nati maRai aikiaRa<br />
Dios muRa<br />
neg.indef dem.prox.ms.pro God 3sg.ms<br />
Dios yaw1k1 =mai =puRa =kana puRai Ranu 162<br />
God make =inact.nomz =nom.pst =pl.ms merely 3pl.ms<br />
close: ‘God is none <strong>of</strong> these. They are merely what God made.’<br />
target: ‘God is none <strong>of</strong> these things. They are merely God’s creations.’<br />
161 In modern Omagua the word for ‘one’ is wipi. However, we consider the orthographic representation here to be<br />
faithful to the proper phonemic representation <strong>of</strong> the time, given cognates in other Tupí-Guaraní languages, e.g.,<br />
Tupinambá ojepé ‘one’ (Lemos Barbosa 1951:116).<br />
162 Our analysis here differs from that <strong>of</strong> Cabral (1995:377), who suggests that orthographic is actually<br />
pura awa nu emph ‘person’ plur. However, this analysis is questionable for a number <strong>of</strong> reasons. First, In both<br />
modern Omagua and modern Kokama-Kokamilla (Vallejos Yopán 2009:400-402, 2010a:679-709), =puRa appears<br />
to the right <strong>of</strong> the nominal root it occurs with, and to the left <strong>of</strong> any plural enclitics; under Cabral’s analysis,<br />
however, it appears to the left <strong>of</strong> the nominal root. And second, =nu is specifically the feminine genderlect form<br />
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