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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
4.19.2.3. Negative Potential
{-muiya:d-}
~-muiya:d-
ė:R-g-a-muiya:d (5.19) > ė:Rugamuiya:du ‘(one) cannot climb’
pui-k-a-muiya:d (5.1,19) > puikkamuiya:du ‘(one) cannot hold’
4.20 Stem Alternants
4.20.1 Call
         {le:-}
          le:-, le-
          le:- occurs before the imperative markers and the causative suffixes.
le:-Ø > le: ‘(you sg.) call’
le:-vi > le:vi ‘(you pl.) call’
le:-vus-g-Ø-a:r (5.19) > le:vusuga:ru ‘(they) cause to call’
          le-occurs elsewhere
le-t-iri (5.1) > lettri ‘(you pl.) called’
le-t-a:kki (5.1) > letta:kki ‘if (someone) calls’
4.20.2. Break
         {e-}
          e:-, e-
          e:- occurs before the imperative and causative suffixes.
e:-Ø > e: ‘(you sg.) break’
e:-vi > e:vi ‘(you pl.) break’
e:-pis-g-Ø-an (5.1,19,22) > e:ppisugä } ‘(the) cause to break’
e:-vus-g-Ø-an (5.19,22) > e:vusugä
e- occurs elsewhere.
e-k-Ø-iri (5.1) > ekkiri ‘(you pl.) break’
e-t-in-an (5.1,22) > ettinä ‘(he) broke’
4.20.3. Defeat
         {to:-}
          to:R-, to:-
          to:R- occurs before the imperative and the causative suffixes.
to:R-Ø > to:Ru ‘(you sg.) defeat’

                                       

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