The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

34) maya=séqeti&
‘nothing but grass’
35) maya=lakpuskáan
‘nothing but women’
36) maya=s%-tac%iwíin
nothing.but=3POSS-word
‘nothing but his words’ (‘he’s nothing but talk’)
37) láa=m-pás%ni waayán
like=ep-pig eat
‘s/he eats like a pig’
38) láa=n-kin-taalá’a&
like=ep-1POSS-sibling
‘(he’s) like a brother to me’
39) láa=n-c%ic%íi la
like=ep-dog live
‘S/he lives/acts like a dog’
3.3.10 Compound nouns. Nouns may be compounded from two or more nouns or a noun and a
verb, and are usually right-headed. A compound noun is diagnosed by its stress pattern, with
stress on the syllable preceding the first syllable of the final member. Some compounds, such as
ka#tilán$aw’! ‘bread’, show postlexical nasal epenthesis (see §2.6.5.2). Some compound nouns
incorporate body part prefixes. Most of my examples refer to plants or animals.
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