3.10.10. Ten |
{patt-} |
pan-, α pa-, -pad |
patt-, α pad- |
3.10.10.1 a pan- occurs before the numeral base -onR |
pan-onR (5.18,19) |
> |
pannonRu |
‘eleven’ |
3.10.10.2 α pa- occurs before the numeral base -re |
pa-red (5.9,19) |
> |
pae·u |
‘twelve’ |
3.10.10.3 α-pad occurs after the numeral adjective base of the numerals two to eight. |
iru-pad (5.15,19) |
> |
iruvadu |
‘twenty’ |
muC-pad (5.12,19) |
> |
muppadu |
‘thirty’ |
na:l-pad (5.8,19) |
> |
na:ppadu |
‘forty’ |
3.10.10.4 α patt- occurs elsewhere. |
patt-a:yira |
> |
patta:yira |
‘ten thousand’ |
patt-lecca (5.19) |
> |
pnttu lecca |
‘ten lakhs’ |
patt-a: (5.19) |
> |
patta:u |
‘ten persons’ |
3.10.11 α pad- |
Numbers from thirteen to eighteen are formed by the addition of a morpheme -an- which functions as a link between the numeral base ‘pad’ and the ‘respective numeral’ |
It is noted that the above said morpheme -an has three allomorphs namely -i-, -in- and -an-. The occurrence of the morphemes are as follows. |
i) -i- occurs before /m/ and /n/ |
ii) -in- occurs before -anj |
iii) -an- occurs before the numerals six to nine |
pad-i-mu:nR (5.19) |
> |
padimu:nRu |
‘thirteen’ |
pad-i-nal (5.19) |
> |
padina:lu |
‘fourteen’ |
pad-in-anj (5.19) |
> |
padinanju |
‘fifteen’ |
pad-an-a:R (5.19) |
> |
padana:Ru |
‘sixteen’ |
pad-an-ė: (5.19) |
> |
pad-an-ė:u |
‘seventeen’ |
pad-an-e (5.19) |
> |
padaneu |
‘eighteen’ |
pad-an-ombad (5.19) |
> |
padanombadu |
‘nineteen’ |
3.10.12. Hundred |
{nu:R} |
nu:tt-, -nu:R |
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