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 VCV:- ari:- ‘to fall, to set’ awi:- ‘to search’ VCVC- urih- ‘to break’ usim- ‘to wipe’ VCCV:- ugre:- ‘to fade’ 7.2.0. Verb Stem Allomorphs 7.2.1. The stems ending in the vowel -i: change the final vowel into -e: before the negative suffix -o:, before the agentive suffix -wa:l and before the prohibitive suffix -ma:. See the following examples: ki:na: ‘to do’ ke:wo:n ‘I don not do’ ke:wa:l ‘one who does’ ke:ma: ‘do not do’ hi:na: ‘to give’ he:wo:n ‘I do not give’ he:wa:l ‘one who gives’ he:ma: ‘do not give’ 7.2.2. Before the negative suffix -o:, the final consonants -n, -m and - verb stems are geminated. han ‘to go’ hann-o:n ‘I do not go’ un ‘to drink’ unn-o:- ‘I do not drink’ mam ‘to sell’ mamm-o:-n ‘I do not sell’ ‘to cook’ a-o:-n ‘I do not cook’ 7.2.3. Stems ending in -n change the final nasal into -h and their preceding short vowels become long vowels before the present tense suffix -in. Examples: pun ‘to know’ pu:h-in-an ‘I know’ tin ‘to eat’ ti:h-in-an ‘I eat’ in ‘to say’ i:h-in-an ‘I say’ un ‘to drink’ u:h-in-an ‘I drink’ Previous Next Top

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