The following example from Aguero (1666) shows some instances of a puzzling <oo> between the prefix /ni-/ and the following verb stem.
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| Aguero, Confessionario, p2 |
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Unreal ni- in Colonial Valley Zapotec
Another example of early use of ni-, in a negative context:
The literal sense of the 3rd line is something like 'if he had not wanted, then all the Jews and all the people of the world would not be (strong) enough to touch him.'
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| Feria f31 |
The literal sense of the 3rd line is something like 'if he had not wanted, then all the Jews and all the people of the world would not be (strong) enough to touch him.'
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