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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
3.5. Number Pronouns
          I na:- na-
          II ni:- ni-
          III ta:- ta-
In Urali, the first, second and reflexive pronouns take number suffixes. Number suffixes are added to the oblique bases as well as to the primary forms of these pronouns.
3.5.1. Singular
          St.-{-n}
          -n, Ø
3.5.1.1. -n occurs after the oblique bases such as na-, ni- and ta- and also the first person primary stem na:-, the reflexive pronoun ta:- and the second person, ni:-
          na-n-a (5.18) > nanna ‘me’
          na-n-kku (5.19) > nanukku ‘to me’ (Sg.)
      na-n-o:ukku (5.18) > nanno:ukku ‘with me’
          ni-n-i (5.18) > ninne ‘you’ (Sg.)
          ta-n-e (5.18) > tanne ‘oneself’ (Acc.)
          ta-n-kku (5.19) > tanukku ‘to oneself’
          ta-n-an-dara > tanandara ‘by oneself’
          ta-n-o:ukku (5.18) > tanno:ukku ‘with oneself’
          - n (5.19) > na:nu ‘I’
          - n (5.19) > ta:nu ‘oneself’
          :-n > ni:nu ‘you’ (Sg.)
3.5.1.2. -Ø occurs after ni:- and also after the oblique base ni- when followed by genitive marker -a (3.8.1.6)
          ni:Ø > ni: `you’ (Sg.)
          ni-Ø-a (5.17) > niya ‘your’ (Sg.)

                                       

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