The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

semantically required, in the case of a 2SUB.pl with a 1OBJ singular, all second person
morphology is suppressed. The reciprocal in FM Totonac however, does co-occur with 2 nd
person subject morphology. In other varieties of Totonac, laa- refers to a third person object,
which I believe to be similar to its semantic contribution to the compositional 1OBJ.pl marker.
4.8.2.2 Second person object. The second person object suffix -ni" is used alone in the singular,
and with the plural object prefix kaa- in the plural. The suffix loses its vowel and resyllabifies
with a vowel-final stem word-finally (see §2.6.4.4.3.3). Exceptionally, in the case of a verb with
a first person plural subject, the second person plural object marker is required whether the
object is singular or plural. This is parallel to the requirement for a 1 st person plural object
marker with a 2 nd plural subject, even if the object referent is singular (see §4.3.2.1). This suffix,
when word-final, requires stress on the syllable preceding itself.
90) naklee’enáan
/na-k-lii-‘an-yaa-ni&/
FUT-ISUB-INSTR-go-IMPF-2OBJ
‘I will take you’
91) lakapastákn&i&
/laka-pastak-ni&-li&/
FACE-think-2OBJ-PFTV
‘s/he remembered you’
92) kkaatiyayáan
/k-kaa-tiya-aa-ni&/
1SUB-OBJ.pl-grab-IMPF-2OBJ
‘I grab you pl.’
93) s%akkaamaqtaqa"kutunán
/s"a-k-kaa-maqtaqa#-kutun-aa-ni&/
PAST-1SUB-OBJ.pl-care.for-DES-IMPF-2OBJ
‘we wanted to take care of you (sg or pl)’
4.8.2.3 Third person object. Like the third person singular subject, the third person singular
object is zero-marked. This entails that all transitive verbs unmarked for object are interpreted to
have a third person object. This fact increases the possible ambiguity of forms with more than
one object, as in example 95.
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