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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
4.1.1.2.3. Intrasitive2 (Intr2) which take the past tense marker -in-, but which can be made into transitive, and which can take the transitive marker -tt-
      ė:R-in-iri > ė:Riniri (Intr.) } } `(you pl.) climbed’
      ė:R-tt-in-iri (5.3) > ė:ttiniri (Tr.) }
      a:R-in-ad > a:Rinadu (Intr.) } } ‘(you pl.) cooled’
      a:R-tt-in-iri (5.3) > a:ttiniri (Tr.) }
4.1.2. Class II
The stems which take -nd- as the past tense marker belong to this class.
4.1.2.1. Inherent transitive
      äa-nd-iri > äandiri ‘(you pl.) measured’
      para-nd-an > parandä ‘(he) searched’
      puyi-nd-a > puyinda ‘(she) squeezed’
      tar-nd-iri (5.3) > tandiri ‘(you pl.) gave’
      juRi-nd-an > juRindä ‘(he) sucked’
            kaRa- ‘milk’
            la:- ‘measure’
4.1.2.2. Intransitives
4.1.2.2.1 Intransitive1 (Intr1) which cannot be made transitive.
      e:nd-a (5.23) > e:nda ‘(she) got up’
      u:r-nd-ad (5.3,19) > u:ndadu ‘(it) crawled’
      gcre-nd-ad (5.19) > gerendadu ‘(it) made sound’
      vee-nd-ad (5.19) > veendadu ‘(it) riped’
      var-nd-an (5.3,22) > vandä ‘(he) came’
            nege- ‘leap, jump’
            ne:l- ‘hang’
            no- ‘felt pain’
4.1.2.2.2. Intransitive2 (Intr2)
Intransitive2 (Intr2) stems take the past tense marker -nd- when they are in the intransitive mood. These verbs can be made transitive and will take the transitive marker -t-. When they are in transitive mood, they take -in- as the past tense marker.
      naa-nd-an (5.22) > naandä (Intr.) } } ‘(he) walked’
      naa-t-in-a (5.1,22) > naattinä (Tr.) }

                                       

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