tlacala:niliztli, tlacala:naliztli

[IDIEZ]

Piyali listeros,
	Assuming that our base forms are cala:ni, "for s.t. to make a clanging sound," and cala:nia:, " to clang s.t. against s.t. else," how come there are two -liztli forms in Modern Huastecan Nahuatl: tlacala:naliztli (I don't know if the second "a" is long or short) and tlacala:niliztli?
	Does this have anything to do with: cala:ni + -a:ltia: (causative suffix) = cahua:na:ltia:?
John


John Sullivan, Ph.D.
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Zacatecas Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
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