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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
 
14. ava:ruku pire tanda  
  they (Dat) -house -gave  
  'He gave them a house’
 
15. padina:lu moa muu tanda
  fourteen- yard- dhoti- gave
  'Gave fourteen yard dhoti’
 
16. iruveru: avene: baenjaru  
  both -that (Acc) -wrap (Past)  
  'Both of them wrapped it’ (around them)
 
17. appo ava:ruku naapa a:vaka:i
  then -they (Dat) -walk (infinitive) Neg.
  'Then they could not walk’  
 
18. ava:ru pakkine malenjaru  
  they -bird (Acc) -saw  
  'Then they saw the birds’
 
19. muune kattaricaru    
  dhoti (Acc)- to cut (Past)    
  'They cut the dhoti’
 
20. ava:ruku kaa:a bayatu a:ta
  they (Dat) -marriage -age -to become (Past)
  'They grew up to the age of marriage’
 
21. ava:ruku kaa:atuku ke:uva ka:ni
  they (Dat) -marriage (Dat)- ask (infinitive)-Neg.
  'Nobody ask them to marry’
 
22. a: moe moati nauvu ta:ge
  that-boy- girl- waist- below-
  ura:eura:i     nauva     me:le    aniye    aniya:ti
  husband-  wife-  waist-  above-  brother-sister-
  enja:u otta:aru    
  like (quotative)- to agree (Past)
  'They agreed to be husband and wife below the waist and brother and sister above the waist’
 
23. yaravaru buenjaru    
  yeravas- grow  (Past)    
  'Yerava community grew'
 
 
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