kuru anumu vanda |
‘even the blind came’ |
ra:manumu e udugä |
‘Raman (is) also writing’ |
| 4.24.3.1.3 Conjunctive1 |
| {-e:-} |
| ~ -e:- occurs after the numeral bases. |
re -e:-mukka:l (5.19) |
ree:mukka:lu |
‘two and three quarter’ |
| ombad-e:-ka:l (5.19) |
ombade:ka:lu |
‘nine and quarter’ |
| 4.24.3.1.4 Clitic of emphasis |
| {-e:-} |
| ~ -e: |
| na:n-e: |
‘I’ (with emphasis) |
| avan-e: |
‘he’ (with emphasis) |
| ad-e: |
‘it’ (with emphasis) |
| 4.24.3.1.5 Intense emphasis |
| {-de:} |
| ~-de: |
ku äde:vandä |
‘(only) lame (man) came’ |
| avade:po:ga |
‘(only) she goes’ |
| ra:mäde:varugä |
‘(only) Raman (is) coming’ |
| 4.24.3.1.6 Enclitic1 ‘petti’ gives the meaning ‘about’ |
| {-petti} |
| ~ -petti occurs after the accusative case marker. |
| pie-ne-petti (5.1) |
> |
pieneppetti |
‘about the child’ |
| pu:-e-petti (5.14,1) |
> |
pu:veppetti |
‘about the flower’ |
| avan-e-petti (5.1) |
> |
avaneppetti |
‘about him’ |
| ava-e-petti (5.1) |
> |
avaeppetti |
‘about her’ |
| 4.24.3.1.7 Interrogative |
| {a:} |
| ~ -a |
| avana:vandä |
‘did he come?’ (emphasis) |
| avaa:vandä |
‘did she come? (emphasis) |
