Quechua (Cuzco)
- Language Family
- Quechuan
- Subgroup
- —
- Area
- —
Summary
Many stems have freely alternating shapes. Metathesis is one of the ways that stems vary.
Type(s) of metathesis
| Type | Status | Optionality | Position | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. CC | Synchronic | Optional | Adjacent | Root-initial, root-internal, root-final |
Case types and qualities
-
- CC
-
- C1:
- Any
- C2:
- Any
Examples
a. Sonorant metathesis
lamran ~ranram'alder tree'
qaraywa ~qaraway'lizard'
yuraq ~ruyaq'white'
b. Stop metathesis
rakrtʰa ~ratkʰa'thick'
Conditions
No conditions could be found
Motivations
No motivations could be found
Symbols
Comments
Bibliography
- Davidson, Joseph Orville Jr. 1977. A Contrastive Study of the Grammatical Structures of Aymara and Cuzco Kechua. Ph. D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.