noun as adverb

[John Sullivan]

Piyali notequixpoyohuan,
	I have never quite understood some structures in Modern Huastecan Nahuatl such as the following, “Nitlaxtlahuaz ome pesoh.” “I‘m going to pay two pesos.” The verb “ixtlahua” can only take the “tla-” object, which won‘t allow us to specify the object. I can add the applicative, “Nimitztlaxtlahuiliz.” “I‘m going to pay you.” Or “Nimitztlaxtlahuiliz ome pesoh.” “I‘m going to pay you two pesos.” But again, the specific amount of money can‘t be an object of the verb. 
	So after going back to Andrews (2003, p. 512), I see at the beginning of Lesson 49, “Xochitl ancueponqueh.” “You(pl.) have budded like flowers.” So a stand alone noun can function as an adverb. So perhaps the two pesos in the modern example is an adverb talking about HOW I paid you.
John
	
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