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Dear Francesca,<br>
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Cabecar (Chibchan) has a a formative <i>sí̱</i> with a twofold
distribution:<br>
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a) As a derivational suffix on nouns, it means 'authentic',
'prototypical':<br>
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<p
style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-top: 0.21cm; page-break-after: avoid"
lang="zxx" align="left"><a name="_Ref392863461"></a> <font
color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">a. chíchi-sí̱</font></font></p>
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<p
style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-left: 1.27cm; page-break-after: avoid"
lang="zxx" align="left">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
dog-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">auth</span></font></font></p>
<p class="ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif">
‘authentic
dog’</font></p>
<p
style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-top: 0.21cm; page-break-after: avoid"
lang="zxx" align="left">
<font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">b. ju-sí̱</font></font></p>
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lang="zxx" align="left">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
house-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">auth</span></font></font></p>
<p class="ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif">
‘authentic/real/legitimate
house (i.e. traditional Cabecar house)’</font></p>
b) As an enclitic on adjectives, it means 'comparatively':<br>
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<p
style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-top: 0.21cm; page-break-after: avoid"
lang="zxx" align="left"><a name="_Ref392862889"></a> <font
color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">a. báá=sí̱</font></font></p>
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style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-left: 1.27cm; page-break-after: avoid"
lang="zxx" align="left">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
nice=<span style="font-variant: small-caps">cmpr</span></font></font></p>
<p class="ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif">
‘comparatively/truly
nice’<br>
</font></p>
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style="page-break-inside: avoid; margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-top: 0.21cm; page-break-after: avoid"
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<font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">b. daláá=sí̱</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
yellow=<span style="font-variant: small-caps">cmpr</span></font></font></p>
<p class="ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif">
‘genuinely
yellow’</font></p>
<p class="paragraph-w-lead">It fulfills this latter function in
comparative constructions, too.</p>
<p class="paragraph-w-lead">Best, Christian<br>
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<p style="font-size:90%">Prof. em. Dr. Christian Lehmann<br>
Rudolfstr. 4<br>
99092 Erfurt<br>
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Deutschland</span></p>
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