The following passage from Feria shows another instance of the so-called "perfect" hua~oa- before the habitual aspect marker <t>.
The semantic function in this case seems to be what the aspect theorists call the 'universal perfect' (See a nice explanation of the different kinds of perfect in this paper by Paul Kiparsky).
'Because very numerous are the sins the devil always teaches us; the are uncountable; the wants to make us sin in the face, the hear, the ear, the mouth...'
The notable thing is the occurence of oa-ti- before the verb 'desire'. Since the devil's desires are eternal, it is presumably appropriate to use the universal perfect here.
The semantic function in this case seems to be what the aspect theorists call the 'universal perfect' (See a nice explanation of the different kinds of perfect in this paper by Paul Kiparsky).
The notable thing is the occurence of oa-ti- before the verb 'desire'. Since the devil's desires are eternal, it is presumably appropriate to use the universal perfect here.
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