3.5.2.1.3. -r occurs with the interrogative pronoun ä:- (3.1.2.2.4) |
| ä:-r (5.19) |
> |
ä:ru |
‘who’ |
| 3.5.2.2. Common Plural |
| {-a:r} |
| ~ -a:r, ~ -ga |
| 3.5.2.2.1 ~ -a:r occurs with human non personal nouns (3.2.1.1.2) |
| tambi-a:r (5.17,19) |
> |
tambiya:ru |
`younger brothers’ |
| tanga-a:r (5.17,19) |
> |
tangaya:ru |
‘younger sisters’ |
| akka-a:r (5.17,19) |
> |
akkaya:ru |
‘elder sisters’ |
| ba:ve-a:r (5.17,19) |
> |
ba:veya:ru |
‘younger sisters-in-law’ |
| attige-a:r (5.17,19) |
> |
attigeya:ru |
‘elder sisters-in-law’ |
| 3.5.2.2.2 ~ -ga occurs elsewhere |
| puli-ga |
> |
puliga |
‘tigers’ |
| koRa:ng-ga (5.19) |
> |
koRa:nguga |
‘monkeys’ |
| i:ppi-ga |
> |
i:ppiga |
‘flies’ |
gi a-ga |
> |
giaga |
‘plants’ |
| bokk-ga (5.19) |
> |
bokkuga |
‘books’ |
| 3.6 Gender-Number |
| There are in total three genders, namely, masculine, feminine, neuter, and two numbers, namely, singular and plural present in Urali. |
| 3.6.1 Masculine Singular |
| {-an} |
| -an, -Ø, -ma |
| 3.6.1.1. -an occurs after the noun stems of type one to five (3.3.1.1,2,3,4,5) and also after the derivative suffix -kar- (3.9) |
| biliyav-an (5.22) |
> |
biliavä |
‘big man’ |
| av-an (5.22) |
> |
avä |
‘he’ (remote) |
| iv-an (5.22) |
> |
ivä |
‘he’ (proximate) |
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