The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

5.3.2.2 Associated motion kii- and tii-. MacKay (1999) uses the label ‘intentional’ in Misantla
Totonaco for the prefix kii- ‘go with the intention of Xing’, or in the perfective aspect ‘go, do x,
and return’. In FM Totonac kii- always has the latter meaning, with no implication of
intentionality, so I have followed Beck (2004) in calling it ROUND-TRIP. The other associated
motion prefix, tii- means ‘pass by and do X’. Neither prefix specifies the beginning or endpoint
of the action with respect to the location of the speaker; that is, they are more appropriately
glossed as kii- ‘come or go, do X, return to point of origin’ and tii-, ‘do X in passing by a
location (here or there)’. The semantics of verbs prefixed by either suffix is generally
transparent. However, when an associated motion prefix occurs on a causativized verb, the
‘going’ or ‘passing by’ may be imputed to either the causer or the causee. A lexicalized use of
kii- with forms of the verb la- ‘live, produce’ (but often used as a simple existential) commonly
serve as an alternative past tense of the verb ’an ‘go’, as in example 22.
20) kiikaas%tlawanáw
/kii-kaa-s"tlawan-wa&/
RT-LOC-adorn-1pl
‘we went to adorn the place and returned’
21) hkiiwaayánc%i&
/k-kii-waa-nan-c"i&-li& /
1SUB-RT-eat-HAB-HERE-PFTV
‘I came here to eat and returned’
22) kíila’a&
/kii-la-[cg]/
RT-live-2SUB.sg
‘you went’
23) kitiimaas%ooqóni
/kin-tii-maa-s"ooqo-nii-li&/
1OBJ-PASS-CAUS-pay-DAT-PFTV
‘he made me pass by to pay’
24) kiliitiimaapuuwás%ni m pála
/kin-tii-lii-maa-puu-was"-nii-li& pala/
1OBJ-PASS-INSTR-CAUS-LOC-dig-DAT-PFTV shovel
‘he passed by to make me dig with a shovel’
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