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38. -"/■-. substantive, attributive. 



n-apim-ar-in-ha'hacdun ye are my kinsmen 



v-ar-am-ki'a'm it is your house 



n-a-v-ar-ic-to'do' which is blue 



n-apim-ar-a'pim ye who are yourselves 



Q-a-v-ar-g6"gOR which is grand 



An -a- inserted in like position seems to imply ownership. 



89. -«-, possessive. 



j3i<r/.e-n-yam-a-sa"a because I have no blanket 



ani-a-mo'bar I have a hat 



an-sapi'-a-vi\ the tobacco which I have 



The particle -ta 1 suffixed to nominal stems predicates the manu- 

 facture or preparation of the object indicated. 30 



iO. -la\ factitive. 



a'ni-tu-mo'bar-ta' I am making a hat 



a'ni-tu-ba"ak-ta' I am making a house 



a'ni-tu-sa'nv-ta' I am making tortillas 



am-pttSM'Vi'-da' they are making posole 

 possibly 



ni-ho'n-ta' I will marry (make a wife? ho''ni, wife) 



MEDIAL ELEMENTS 



The medial elements, those falling between the preterit sign of 

 the initial elements and the pronominal object of the final elements 

 are quite diverse in character. The first and most evident division 

 between them is between the true verbal elements which never 

 function independently of the verb, and the bodily incorporated 

 normally independent elements which for the time being must be 

 considered as a part of the verbal complex. This brings up the 

 question of incorporation. 



Nominal Incorporation 



Nominal incorporation, the incorporation of the nominal object 

 in the verbal complex, is not a typical process of Tepecano. In 

 fad it seldom occurs in continued narrative. The question is largely 

 an academic one, depending on how closely the pronominal subject 



may be considered as welded to the verbal complex. It is difficult 

 36 Lower Pima ->•< (Smith, op. cit.); Northern Tepohuanc '[a)te, -(i)te (Kinaldini, op. eit.). 



