m
|
r tti |
kU ti |
a i
|
‘I
|
brought
|
red
|
shirt’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
m
|
rttĩ
|
kUtĩ
|
aĩ |
‘I
|
brought
|
red
|
shirts’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
rtti
|
kUti
|
na
|
mInna
|
de |
‘Give
|
the
|
red
|
shirt
|
to
|
me’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
1 |
2-3 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| |
|
rtIyã
|
kUtIyã |
na
|
mInna |
de |
‘Give
|
red
|
shirts
|
to
|
me’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2-3 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
With vocative case form of the noun the oblique form of the adjective
is used. For example :
|
|
o
|
rtta
|
kUtya, |
It |
b€s
|
‘O
|
red
|
dog!
|
sit
|
here’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
o
|
rttã
|
kUtyo, |
It |
b€so
|
‘O
|
red
|
dogs!
|
sit
|
here’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
o
|
karigi
|
gerIye, |
It |
b€s
|
‘O
|
good
|
girl!
|
sit
|
here’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
o
|
karigIyã
|
gerIyo,
|
It
|
b€so
|
‘O
|
good
|
girls!
|
sit
|
here’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
A few adjective stems inflected like /rtt-/
are listed below :
|
|
nIkk-
|
‘small’
|
|
bU -
|
‘old’
|
|
lmm-
|
‘tall’
|
|
m ndr-
|
‘short’
|
|
Ucc-
|
‘high’
|
|
nn-
|
‘blind’
|
|
or-
|
‘deaf’
|
|
khU-
|
‘lame’
|
|
ţìl-
|
‘lazy’
|
|
ba -
|
‘hard’
|
|
cI
|
‘white’
|
|
ka -
|
‘black’
|
|
pi-
|
‘yellow’
|
|
nil-
|
‘green, blue’
|
|
gor-
|
‘fair’
|
|
b-
|
‘big’
|
|
s -
|
‘beautiful’
|
|
bl-
|
‘quick’
|
|
taw-
|
‘quick’
|
|
|
(ii) /go/
‘round’ class adjectives are not inflected, so they
remain as they are when occurring as modifiers of
the nouns. For example, /go
kr/
‘round house’ whereas/rtt-/
in /rtto
k r/
‘red house’ because /kr/
is masculine in gender. so /rtt-/
takes the masculine singular in direct form the
suffix {-o} and /go/
remains as it is with /kr/.
|
|
There are some adjectives fall in this class :
|
|
mšUm
|
|
‘innocent’
|
|
Ucaţ
|
|
‘fickle’
|
|
jor
|
|
‘much’
|
|
grib
|
|
‘poor’
|
|
mir
|
|
‘rich’
|
|
nic
|
|
‘wicked’
|
|
tyar
|
|
‘ready’
|
|
