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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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196)/laa-laaqtsin-paa-titi&/ 197) /pin-niita&-[cg]/<br />

REC-see-PROG2-2SUB.pl go-PRFT-2SUB.sg<br />

[laalaaqtsimpáatit%i&] [piníit’a&]<br />

‘you (pl) are looking at each other’ ‘you have gone’<br />

2.7.2.1.6 Enclitic =kú’u! <strong>and</strong> stress. <strong>The</strong> enclitic =kú’u", meaning ‘just’ or ‘still’ <strong>and</strong> occurring<br />

in the final post-verbal position, always takes the primary stress <strong>of</strong> the word it attaches to,<br />

overriding any stress patterns assigned by previously affixed morphemes.<br />

198)/anu laa-maa=ku’u&/ 199) /k-puu-c"eqee-li&=ku’u&/<br />

there live-PROG-JUST 1SUB-INS-clean-PFTV=JUST<br />

[‘anú laa-maa-kú’u&] [kpuuc"eqeekú’u&]<br />

‘he’s still living there’ ‘I just cleaned it inside’<br />

2.7.2.2 Compound stress. Compound nouns are characterized by a particular pattern <strong>of</strong> stress<br />

falling on the final syllable <strong>of</strong> the penult member <strong>of</strong> the compound. <strong>The</strong> penult member is<br />

usually the first one, since compounds generally contain two members, but compounds <strong>of</strong> three<br />

nouns are possible, for example, munc'ulu-seeqná-pa"m"a ‘swamp banana leaf’. <strong>The</strong> first member<br />

<strong>of</strong> a compound may be any part <strong>of</strong> speech, the second is always a noun. This stress pattern<br />

distinguishes compound nouns from nouns prefixed by body part morphemes, for example.<br />

Table 2.10 Compound nouns<br />

kas%tíla<br />

‘Spanish’<br />

máyak'i&<br />

‘vine’<br />

puksnan<br />

‘it stinks’<br />

lakán<br />

‘face’<br />

luuwa&<br />

‘snake’<br />

s%uuna&<br />

‘bitter’<br />

c%aw’a&<br />

‘tortilla’<br />

stáp'u&<br />

‘bean’<br />

kiw’i&<br />

‘tree'<br />

xúuk’i&<br />

‘deer’<br />

skiti&<br />

‘fish’<br />

taq'o&<br />

‘gr<strong>and</strong>father’<br />

! )+!<br />

kas%tilánc%aw’a&<br />

‘bread’<br />

mayákstap'u&<br />

‘vine-bean’<br />

puksnánkiw’i&<br />

‘cedar’<br />

lakáxuuk’i&<br />

‘species <strong>of</strong> ant’<br />

luuwáskiti&<br />

‘snake-fish’<br />

s%uunátaq'o<br />

‘greatgr<strong>and</strong>father’

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