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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
k
/ku:lu/ 'to bend' /ka:ke/ 'crow'
g
/geraa/ 'big well' /mage/ 'son'
/a:a/ 'cow dung' /i:ce/ 'house fly'
m
/ma:i/ 'cave' /kema/ 'wall'
n
/namme/ 'festival' /ma:ni/ 'a type of grass'
  - /na:a/ 'shyness'
  - /pu:e/ 'cat'
I
  - /male/ 'to wonder'
  - /bui/ 'to call'
r
/ru:bu/ 'picture' /pa:ra/ 'pickle'
v
/va:ra/ 'week' /na:vu/ 'tongue'
y
  - /e:yu/ 'seven'
 
2.7   Clusters
In Yerava, the vowel clusters are not found. In the consonant clusters, the initial consonant clusters are also not found. Only medial consonant clusters are found and they are analyzed below.
 
2.7.1  Medial clusters
-C1C1-type
In this type there are five types of medial clusters.
Stop+Stop
-pp- appe 'father'
-bb- abbi 'water falls'
-tt- matti 'mole'
-dd- addu 'border'
-- muu 'knee'
-- jae 'fool'
-cc- uccu 'urine'
-jj- angagre kajji 'small pox'
-kk- pakki 'bird'
-gg- baggare 'chest bones'
 
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