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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
4.8.10   Purposive case

Structure: Dat. St . +

-a:yicu occurs with all the nouns.
boi-k-a:yicu >  
boika:yicu
  'Bolli' (Pur)
be:ra:e-g-a:yicu > (R. 17)
be:ranga:yicu
  'Byra' (Pur)
 

be:ranga:yicu   u:eku     bande
       1               2             3

 
'(I) came    here    for    the    sake    of    Byra'
        3         2                                1
 

4.8.11    Sociative case

Structure: Gen. St . +

-ku:da and 8 -jote, both these forms are in free variation. They occur with all the nouns.
appe-n-a-ku:a > appenaku:a 'father' (Soc)
en-a-ku:a >   (R. 16)
ennaku:a
    'I' (Soc)
appe-n-a-jote > appenajote 'father' (Soc)
en-a-jote >   (R. 16)
ennajote
    'I' (Soc)
 
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