applicative without apostrophes

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Listeros,
	It looks like someone in cyberspace doesnt like apostrophes, so here is my post minus them.

Hi Michael,
	You picked strange verbs for the objections.
	"Piya" is a special case because it is probably made of the older verb "pi", "to pull at s.t." and the durative "ya", so its actually a compound root.
	In modern Huastecan Nahuatl there is only one class 4 verb that has a regular applicative form: "nahua", "to carry s.o. or s.t. in ones arms" goes to "nahuilia", "to carry s.o. elses baby in ones arms". "Mama" and "pa" dont have applicative forms, and "cua" has a very strange "cualilia", "to eat s.o. elses food".
John
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