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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
3.10.3 Three
      {mu:nR-}
       muC-, mu:nR-
3.10.3.1. muC occurs before the numerals beginning with the consonants /p/ and /n/.
      muC-pad (5.12,19) > muppaddu ‘thirty’
      muC-nu:R (5.12,19) > mannu:Ru ‘three hundred’
3.10.3.2 mu:nR- occurs elsewhere
      mu:nR- (5.19) > mu:nRu ‘three’
      mu:nR-a:yira > mu:nRa:yira ‘three thousand’
3.10.4 Four
      {na:l-}
      na:l-pad (5.8,19) > na:ppadu ‘forty’
      na:l-nu:R (5.3,19) > na:nu:Ru ‘four hundred’
      na:l-a:yira > na:la:yira ‘four thousand’
      na:l-a: (5.19) > na:la:u ‘four persons’
      na:l- (5.19) > na:lu ‘four’
3.10.5 Five
      {anj-}
       am-, ay-, anj-
3.10.5.1. am- occurs before the numeral -pad
      am-pad (5.16,19) > ambadu ‘fifty’
3.10.5.2 ay- occurs before the numeral -nu:R and -a:yira
      ay-nu:R (5.19) > aynu:Ru ‘five hundred’
      ay-a:yira (5.18) > ayya:yira ‘five thousand’
3.10.5.3 anj- occurs elsewhere
      anj- (5.19) > anju ‘five’
      anj-a: (5.19) > anja:u ‘five persons’
3.10.6 Six
      {a:R-}
       aRu-, a:R-
3.10.6.1. aRu -occurs before the numeral -pad and -nu:R
      aRu-pad (5.15,19) > aRuvadu
      aRu-nu:R (5.19) > aRunu:Ru ‘six hundred’

                                       

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