Comparison phrases in Copala Triqui

I was looking today at a pattern in Copala Triqui that is new to me.  These are comparisons where the first half is introduced by nda' rá and the second half is introduced by da̱j.  Consider the following examples:

John 15:12

Or the following:

2 Corinthians 1:5

More on comparatives in Triqui

In previous posts 1 and 2, I discussed comparatives in Copala Triqui.  The following sentence shows a comparative-like structure that I haven't noticed before, which uses síj 'reach, arrive' before another verb:

I don't see or can't find another example like this in my corpus, so I will want to check with our language consultant for his thoughts.

Comparatives in Triqui, 2

In a previous post, I mentioned comparatives in Copala Triqui.

The following example shows the comparative doj between the two parts of the compound verb niha' rá 'be happy'.  Compare that with the example in the previous post (repeated below) which shows the doj after the second part of the verb compound.  I think this is because niha' rá and  'yaj suun are in different classes of verb compounds.

Comparatives in Triqui

I was interested by the following example of a comparative in Copala Triqui.   The general structure for these is

V/Adj doj... rihaan NP

where doj is the 'more' morpheme and rihaan NP is the standard of comparison.

What's intriguing here is that the doj appears after the second part of a verbal compound: