Download Abujhmaria Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR G.V.Natarajan       p- < *p-        Maria. pal tooth; Ta. Ma. Ko. Ka. pal toth; Ko. pal tooth; Ko. palli id; Te. palu tooth; Kol. Nk. pal; Pa. pel; Ga (Oll). pal, (S). pallu:; Go. Dorli. Koya. Kona. Mana. pal; Kui. palu; Kuvi. pallu; Kur. pall; Malt. palu. the teeth (C.Dr.Ph., p.85).        Maria. pe:l excrement; Ta. pe:l to ease oneself; Ka. pe:l to void excrements; Te. pe:a, pe:na dung of cattle, pea manure; Kol. penda cow-dung; Nk. penda dung; Go. pe:la:na: to defecate (DED. 3636).       -p- < *-pp-        Maria. tape: father; Ta. appan father etc.; Ma. appan; Ka. appa, apa; Ko.appe; Tu. appa affix of respect; Te. appa father, mother, etc.; Go. a:po:ra:l, tape, ta:pe, tappe father; Kui. a:po boy, son; Kuvi. appa grand-mother.       -pp- < *-pp-        Maria. kuppa: heap; Ta. kuppam; Ma. kuppa heap of dirt; Ko. kip heap of rubbish; Ka. kuppe heap; Te. kuppa; Pa. kuppa; Go. kuppa; Kona. kupa; Pe. kupa (DED. 1440).        Maria. oppa: leaf cup; Ka. koppe, doppe; Te. doppa; Kol. ompa:, dompa:; Nk. oppa:; Pa. oppa; Go. oppa:.       b- < *p-        Maria. bommo: breast; Kol. pamme; Nk. pamme; Go. boma, bomo, bom; Nk (Ch). pomme (DED.3246).        Maria. bars- to grow, increase; Ta. Ma. peruku; Te. perungu; Ka. pergu increase; Nk. perg- to grow up; Go. persa:na: to extend; Kona. per, peri big, large; Kui. beri beri inba to swell, increase; Kur. pardna: to grow in number (DED.3613).        In Maria data in some entries initial b- and w- are interchangeable which may represent a dialect condition. banj ~ wa·nj : Ta. viral; Te. vre:lu (DED. 4436).        There are few correspondences of Ta. etc. v-, Ka. etc. b- : Maria b- like Ta. vai, Ka. bai: Maria. Go. baga s stick.        Many of the itmes with b- seem to be loans. Like Maria. bar8ihi carpenter; bariya big; ba:ba:l father, ba:ra: twelve, etc.        Zvelebil observes that in DED. 4228, the Go. forms with b [v- seem to be the resuit of aphaeresis and metathesis -Vvv- > vV- > bV- like batal, batti, etc. what, bad; pl. bau who; badu what, baccon how many; baga:, be:ga where, etc. (C.Dr.Ph., 157). The above shown forms are retained in Maria too, of course, with some phonetic change. Previous Next Top

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