MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 



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Modal Suffixes 



61. -ut, (-ot, -at), adaptive. 



This suffix is attached to adopted Spanish or other foreign verbs 

 when used in native speech. 



it should be made use of 



avi'mfou7t?-Vota 

 kuya'mumcftsfcwi'da'rutdat 

 ati'ckiftanfrr'rotda 

 nicinipuam&wmpa'wiarat 



that he should not ignore it 

 while we sing 



(Sp. valer) 

 (Sp. descuidar) 

 (Sp. cantar) 



anibasiarut 



(Sp.acompanar) 

 (Sp. vasiar) 



■ia and -da and 



I will accompany you only 



a little ways 

 I am pouring it 



62. -d, (-iad, -dad), subjunctive, optative. 



Used in subordinate clauses after future suffixes 

 generally dependent upon verbs of desire or command. 



I would have seen it 



that they arrive 



(they desired) that I should work 



(he told him) not to be careless 



(I told him) to skin them 



(would that) he may come soon ! 



(you need not) think anything 



(we desire) that he may appear here 



they say that I must meet it 



63. -og, hortatory. 



Denotes exhortation or weak command. The pronominal subject 

 is always omitted and the intensive-imperative particle ci- is some- 

 times used. 



anit6"g'iaD 



kumi'bida'daiya'D 



nansaptuda'd'giaD 



kuya'mumdisfcioidaVutdat 



kupuva.ako'nvip'giaD 



kuco'riovhak'go'ciaD 



a'piamhapuma'gan 



na'puinima ,,c RiaD 



ansapina'mkiao 



64. -it, (-ut), causative, compidsive. 



The suffix appears generally as -it but sometimes as -ut. It is 

 possible that the original final stem vowel is the determining factor, 

 an hypothesis which can be confirmed only by comparative work 

 on other Piman languages. 41 It is liable to be confused with the 

 -(i)d of the applicative. 



Lower Pima -luda (Smith, op. cit.); Northern Tepehuane -(i)lude (Rinaldiui, op. ciL). 



