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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
-a:e occurs with the noun stem ur-
ur-a:e > ura:e 'husband'
 
-yi occurs with the noun stem mire-
mire-yi > mireyi 'old man'
 
-Ø occurs with the noun stem a:yari-
a:yari- Ø > a:yari 'carpenter'
 
-a occurs with the noun stem pirand-
pira:nd-a > pira:nda 'wanderer' (Mas)
 
-e occurs elsewhere.
pai-e > (R.12) 'worker' (Mas)
  paiye  
ku:n-e   ku:ne 'hunch back' (Mas)
bag-e   bage 'man of Kannada community'
 
Feminine singular
 
-ti occurs with the numeral stem oru 'one'. And also occurs with nouns taking -Ø and -yi as masculine singular derivative suffix.
oru-ti > oruti 'one woman'
mire-ti > mireti 'old woman'
a:yari-ti > a:yariti 'wife of the carpenter'
 
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