| 7.9.5. Third Person Masculine Singular |
Third person masculine singular siffix is -o:r. It has various allomorphs -Ø, -r, -u:r, -o:r.
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| -Ø occurs after the future tense suffix -a:n. |
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a a:n-Ø |
‘he will cook’ |
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tinda:n-Ø |
‘he will eat’ |
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ta:sa:n-Ø |
‘he will keep’ |
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wa:ya:n-Ø |
‘he will come’ |
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| -r occurs after the negative suffix -o:. |
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tinno:-r |
‘he does not eat’ |
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gu: o:-r |
‘he does not sleep’ |
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wa:wo:-r |
‘he does not come’ |
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ke:njo:-r |
‘he does not listen/ |
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| -u:r occurs after the past tense suffix -t. |
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tit-u:r |
‘he ate’ |
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ta:st-u:r |
‘he kept’ |
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mant-u:r |
‘he lived’ |
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hatt-u:r |
‘he went’ |
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| -o:r occurs elsewhere. |
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ti:hint-o:r |
‘he eats’ |
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tintor-o:r |
‘he is eating’ |
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tinjimatton-o:r |
‘he had eaten’ |
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| 7.9.6. Third Person Masculine Plural |
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Third person masculine plural suffix -o:r. It has various allomorphs -r, -u:r and -o:r.
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-r occurs after the negative suffix -o: as described earlier.
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