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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
4.24.2.3.2 ~ -nnėme occurs after the pro-clitics of short vowels.
   a-nnėme > annėme ‘in that manner’
   i-nnėme > innėme ‘in this manner’
   e-nnėme > ennėme ‘in which manner’
4.24.2.4 Clitics of quantity
Clitics of quantity is marked with -tteni and -ppRa.
   a-ttenis > atteni ‘that many’
   i-tteni > itteni ‘this many’
   a-ppRa > appRa ‘that much’
   e-ppRa > eppRa ‘how much’
4.24.3 Enclitics (Encl.)
Enclitics are those which occur after pro-clitics and an be associated with nouns, verbs or adverbs. There are four kinds of enclitics identified in Urali. They are,
      i)   Encl1 which occurs after a noun.
      ii)   Encl2 which occurs after a verb.
      iii)   Encl3 which occurs after both verb and noun.
      iv)   Encl4 which occurs after post-clitics.
4.24.3.1 Enclitic1
Under Enclitic1 there are several bound forms. When a form of Enclitic1 is added to a noun, it expresses different notions such as additive, completive, conjunctive, emphasis, interrogative, etc.
4.24.3.1.1 Completive
         {-um}
         ~ -um
   mu:nR-um (5.19) > mu:nRumu ‘(all the) there’
   a:R-um (5.19) > a:Rumu ‘(all the) six’
   mu:nR-a:-um (5.19) > mu:nRa:umu ‘(all the) three persons’
   mu:nRumuvandina ‘all the three came’
   mu:nRa:umu vanda:ru ‘all the three persons came’
4.24.3.1.2 Additive
   kuruan-um (5.19) > kuruanumu ‘even the blind’
‘blind also’
   kuan-um (5.19) > kuanumu ‘even the lame’
‘lame also’

                                       

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