-pünaa2This suffix functions like a postposition except that it never occurs as a free form. It has the sense of “along, by, through”.Este sufijo funciona como una posposición sólo que nunca se presenta como una palabra independiente. Tiene el sentido “por”.Jokoma lemtüshi mmoluꞌupünaa.Caterpillar worm crawling (along) on the ground.¿Chapünaashi miichpünaa?Did you come by (my) house? (on your way here to the dance)Alatsü saꞌatoꞌupünaa.It went to (passed by) the side. (i.e. I missed my toss)aseꞌeruꞌupünaain the middleatuꞌupünaaceilingchapünawaago through thereeepünaawhenevereepünaalewhereverjalapünaawhich waypalaapünaanorthuuchipünaasouth
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