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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
(iii)   Verb+Noun
porcu   'to rear'
Mage   'son'
po:u mage
  'adopted sort'
maga:u   'daughter'
po:u maga:u
  'adopted daughter'
pillu   'grass'
ua:ku   'to dry'
ua:ku pillu   'dry grass'
pori   'to fry'
kaale   'gram'
pori kaale
  'fried gram'
 
2. Exo-centric compound nouns
The compound noun expresses the meaning different from the meaning of the components of the compound noun on their combined meaning. The following types of component nouns are identified in this class of compound nouns.
(i)
Noun+Noun
(ii)
Verb+Noun
The examples for each of the class identified above are liven below.
(i) Noun+Noun
pue   'child'
toi   'cradle'
puetoi
  'womb'
pu:   'flower'
ka:cu   'air'
pu:ka:cu
  'pleasent air'
maelu   'sand'
pu:maelu
  'fine sand'
ne:ra   'Sun'
ka:lu   'leg'
ne:raka:lu
  'Sun ray'
ari   'rice'
mua:vu   'chilly'
arimua:vu
  'pepper'
 
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