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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
na:nu    a:    mancanekou    pati    turapice
  1        2               3              4          5
 
'I    got    the    door    opened    by    him'
1                       4         5            2    3
 

na:nu    kariyanckou    a:nene    kollipikinje
   1               2                 3             4

 

'I    get    the    elephant    killed    by    Kariya'
1                          3           4                2

 

a:latunekou    jana    cattaru
           1                 2          3

 

'People    died    because    of    loan'
    1          3                             1

 

4.8.9    Vocative case

Structure: Norn. St. +

In this case, the final vowel of the noun stem is lengthened. The noun stem would be in the nominative case.

-: occurs with all the nouns.
be:ra-e > (R. 14) be:re: 'Byra' (Voc)
to:la-e > (R. 14) to:le: 'Tole' (Voc)
boci-Ø >   boci: 'Bolci' (Voc)
ka:ke-Ø >   ka:ke: 'Kake' (Voc)
 
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