Download Hmar 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   course of the above discussion, some of such examples have been encountered. A few more examples are given below: /kùt kèm nèi/ ‘pick pocket’ /kh:n vàr túi/ ‘kerosin oil’ /b: cál té/ ‘he calf’ /b: nénè phìt/ ‘skimmed milk’ /túi sùn sùo/ ‘a well’ /túi zà khàu/ ‘current’ /lú khàmtùom(na)/  ‘pillow cover’ /zá:nà dmnà/ ‘compensation’ (backbone) (pain)(support)   /khà:u hìk hí/  ‘green grasshopper’ /kh:nb:l úpà/ ‘senior councillor’ /túi pùi tùi/ ‘sea water’ /túi sùo rìet/ ‘ocean’, ‘sea’     3.6.7 Verb + Auxiliary Compound In this group of compound formations the first constituent is a verb proper and the second constituent is a particle which does not have independent use and meaning but becomes meaningful when it occurs as an auxiliary to the verb. It normally carries tense, aspect and mood (see sec. 3.3.1). Although generally it occurs post positionally to the main verb, sometimes it precedes too. In view of its detailed discussion above there is no need to dwell on it any further. 3.6.8 Verb1 + Verb2 Compound Here both the constituents are verbs. This category of compounds differs from verb + auxiliary group in the sense that in this the second constituent has independent use and meaning. Both the constituents, taken together, mostly express one single meaning and sometimes add to the meaning of the main verb some sense of intensity, wholesale completion etc. Given below are few examples : /hùlák/ /hù ci/ (come)(take) ‘bring’     /hù thàk/ (come) (return)  ‘return’     /thàk kír/ (return) (return) ‘return articles borrowed’     /hù thàk-kí:r/ ‘returned’     /hù thàk-kí:r-ròh/ ‘return (it)’     /hù thàk-kí:rròh-ó/ ‘(do) return (it)’     /hú tlù/ (come)(arrive) ‘arrive’     /hú ìnhù ròh/ (come) (sit) ‘(come) sit’     /hú thlà ròh/ ‘come (down)’ /hú tù ròh/ ‘come (up)’ /thà lá:k/ ‘make effort’ (effort)(take)   3.6.9 Noun + Verb Compound In this group of compound formations, the first constituent is either a noun or an adjective and the second constituent is a verb. The auxiliaries carrying tense, aspect etc. follow the verbs. Given below are a few examples : /sín th/ (work)((do) ‘work’ /thá súo/ (fame)(complete) ‘earn distinction’ /hl: tlí/ (wage) (attain) ‘successful’ /hmí th/ (name)(fame) ‘be famous’     Previous   |   Next Top

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