-oa vs -oa

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Piyali notequixpoyohuan,
	I understand that there are two -oa suffixes:
1. one makes an intransitive verb out of nouns, and means to use,  
apply or produce that noun. For example, "tlaxcaloa, ni", "to produce  
tortillas".
2. another makes causative transitive verbs out of intransitive ones  
ending in -ihui or -ahui. In turn, the root of this -ihui/-ahui verb  
may or may not be identifiable as a noun. There are many examples of  
the progression: ihcuilihui>ihcuiloa, alaxihui>alaxoa, etc.
	The question I have is relating to transitive verbs formed by adding  
the suffix -oa to a Spanish loanword: for example, "paxaloa, nic",  
"aporaroa, nic/nimo", "castigaroa, nic", etc.
	Obviously this -oa suffix is not the one that forms intransitive  
verbs from nouns. So if itʻs the causative suffix, we can assume that  
there is a missing or skipped over intermediate form between the  
original noun and the final causative form. In other words:
a). apurar/aporar > "aporarihui, ni.", "to hurry" > "aporaroa,  nic",  
"to cause s.o. to hurry"
b). castigar > "castigarihui, ni", "to be punished" > "castigaroa,  
nic", "to punish s.o."
	Does this hold up to scrutiny?
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
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