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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
kae   'famine'
kae ari
  'bamboo rice'
ti:   'fire'
minike   'worm'
ti:minike
  'glow-worm'
oi   'bread'
cei   'vessel'
oicei
  'frying pan'
ba:yu   'mouth'
ni:ru   'water'
ba:yuni:ru
  'saliva'
 
(ii) Verb+Noun
uri   'to burn'
ni:ru   'water'
urini:ru
  'sweat'
 
4.6   Gender - Number markers
4.6.1   Singular
Masculine singular
 
-te occurs with the numeral stem oru 'one'
oru-te > orute 'one man'
 
-ve occurs with the interrogative and demonstrative pronoun bases.
a-ve > ave 'he' (Rem)
i-ve > ive 'he' (Pro)
e:-ve > e:ve 'who'
 
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