| The various verbal suffixes these adjectives take are discussed below. |
| Relative participle |
| nal-a (5.18) |
> |
nalla |
‘good’ |
| perudd-a |
> |
perudda |
‘big’ |
| bili-a (5.17) |
> |
biliya |
‘big’ |
| aRi-a (5.17) |
> |
aRiya |
‘rare’ |
| illa:d-a |
> |
illa:da |
‘that which does not exist’ |
| Participial noun |
| veld-a-an (5.14.22) |
> |
veldavä |
‘he who is old’ |
perudd-a-a (5.14.23) |
> |
peruddava |
‘she who is big’ |
| cin-a-d (5.18,19) |
> |
cinnadu |
‘that which is small’ |
| illa:d-a-a (5.14,23) |
> |
illa:dava |
‘she who does not have’ |
| Gender and Number |
| These stems also take the gender and number suffixes. Masculine gender is represented by -an (3.6.1.1), feminine by -a (3.6.2.1) neuter singular by -d (3.6.3.1) and plural by -vei (3.6.4.1) Epicene plural is represented by the suffix -ar. |
| nal-a-an (5.18,22) |
> |
nallavä |
‘good man’ |
| cin-a-a (5.18,23) |
> |
cinnava |
‘small girl’ |
| u-a-d (5.18,19) |
> |
uadu |
‘(it) exist’ |
| bili-a-ar (5.17,14,19) |
> |
biliyavaru |
‘big persons’ |
| veld-a-ar (5.14,19) |
> |
veldavaru |
‘old persons’ |
| cin-a-vei (5.18) |
> |
cinnavei |
‘small things’ |
| 4.22.2 Verbal modifiers |
| 4.22.2.1 Simple adverbs |
| Like the simple adjectives, the simple adverbs are also monomorphemic in nature. Following are some of the simple adverbs used in Urali. |
|
jina:mu |
‘daily’ |
|
nė:RRu |
‘yesterday’ |
|
o:Raka |
‘tomorrow’ |
|
ma a |
‘slowly’ |
|
a ikkai |
‘often’ |
|
maRupima atta:ru |
‘(they) spoke again’ |
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