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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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"panóq h o& ‘loose-fitting’ "tantál’a& ‘naked’<br />

"kák h a& ‘ashes’ "qónaan ‘red corn’<br />

"maan ‘long’ "napáp h a& ‘pale’<br />

"wakák’a& ‘liver’<br />

FM <strong>Totonac</strong> has a verbal prefix <strong>and</strong> a nominal prefix <strong>of</strong> the form k-, the first person singular<br />

subject <strong>and</strong> the locative case markers. Two prefixes #- also exist, the past tense <strong>and</strong> the third<br />

person possessive morphemes. Both #- prefixes dissimilate to k preceeding #. When any <strong>of</strong> these<br />

C- prefixes attach to a consonant-initial stem, they create additional legal consonant clusters.<br />

Derived geminates do not usually degeminate in this context.<br />

Table 2.7 Legal initial consonant clusters (multimorphemes)<br />

kp kt kk kq kts kc" ktl ks<br />

ks" k# kx km kn kl ky kw<br />

ksp kst ksk ksq ksm ksn ksl ksw<br />

ks"p ks"t ks"k ks"q ks"m ks"n ks"l ks"w<br />

k#p k#t k#k k#q k#m k#n ---- k#w<br />

s"ts s"tl s"c" s"y<br />

33) Examples <strong>of</strong> word-intial multimorphemic consonant clusters<br />

kpas" ‘I bathe’ ktamaawá ‘I buy it’<br />

kkanahlá ‘I believe’ kqa"í ‘I have it’<br />

ktsapá ‘I sew it’ kc%ii ‘I tie it’<br />

ktlawá ‘I make it’ ksarapésa ‘in the beer’<br />

ks%amá ‘I touch it’ k"aqaanán ‘I dress’<br />

kxas" ‘I rest’ kmís%tat h i& ‘in the steam’<br />

knii ‘I die’ klaqatí ‘I like it’<br />

kyaa ‘I st<strong>and</strong>’ kwá"tin ‘in the mirror’<br />

kspa" ‘I caress him’ kstak ‘I grow’<br />

kskin ‘I ask for it’ ksqonó’o& ‘in the fire’<br />

ksmaní ‘I become used to’ ksnat ‘I embrace him’<br />

kslúluk h i& ‘in the lizard’ kswaká ‘I grind (c<strong>of</strong>fee)’<br />

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