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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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5.4.2.3 Instrumentals lii-, puu-. <strong>The</strong> instrumental applicative lii- usually adds an inanimate<br />

instrument or means, or an abstract cause; with verbs <strong>of</strong> speaking or thinking, it adds a topic <strong>of</strong><br />

conversation or thought. <strong>The</strong> prefix puu- (related to the BPP puu- ‘inside part’) adds an<br />

inanimate instrument whose interior or concavity is the salient part. Either locative can be<br />

affixed to a transitive or intransitive verb, <strong>of</strong>ten transitivizing the latter. Many <strong>of</strong> the verbs made<br />

transitive by the instrumental lii- have an idiosyncratic meaning, <strong>and</strong> are more likely to have a<br />

human referent for the instrumental argument. Some representative examples follow, with 114<br />

demonstrating that lii- may be used recursively<br />

108) s%kaaliimimáaka ’aqs%aaqa&<br />

/s"-kaa-lii-min-maa-kan ’aqs"aaqa/<br />

PAST-OBJ.pl-INST-come-PROG-REF head<br />

‘they were bringing them the heads’ (7,54 mjl)<br />

109) kliimaakús%ti s%aqá"qolúl’u& mac%íta<br />

/k-lii-maa-kus"tu-ii s"a-qá#-qolúlu mac"ita/<br />

1SUB-INST-CAUS-weed-TRAN ADJ-MOUTH-round machete<br />

‘I made him weed with a dull machete’ (9,30 jsf)<br />

110) kaliitaac%iwíinanti&<br />

/ka-lii-taa-c"iwiinan-ti<br />

IRR-INST-COM-speak-2SUB.sg<br />

‘speak with her about it!’ (9,40 jsf)<br />

111) liipuuwaníi<br />

112) líila<br />

/lii-puu-wan-nii-aa/<br />

INST-LOC-say-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘he blames her’<br />

/lii-la-li&/<br />

INST-live-PFTV<br />

‘he dominated him’<br />

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