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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
ta-ati > ta-ati 'woman of goldsmith community'
kumba:r-ati > kumba:rati 'potter community'
koll-ati > kollati 'woman of black-smith community'
 
4.6.2   Plural
Common plural
 
-la occurs with all the kinship terms, excluding e:e 'brother' and penga 'sister'
amme-la > ammela 'mothers'
ca:ce-la > caxela 'uncle' (PI)
ca:ci-la > caxila 'aunt' (PI)
 
-ma:ru occurs with the following noun stems only.
moe-ma:ru > moema:ru 'boys'
moati-ma:ru > moatima:ru 'girls'
e:e-ma:ru > e:ema:ru 'brothers'
penga-ma:ru > pengama:ru 'sisters'
 
-a occurs with derived feminie nouns and non-human nouns and inanimate nouns.
kurmati-a > (R. 12)
kurmatiya
  'women of Kurumba community'
paati-a > (R. 12)
paatiya
  'women of Brahmin community'
kurui-a > (R. 12)
kuruiya
  'blind women'
 
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