| e) |
What is the structural composition (disyllabic,
trisyllabic, multisyllabic, etc., single word/single
morphene names, two morphene, three morphene names,
etc., adjectival+noun type; based on certain qualities;
based on colour/complexion; based on physical appearance;
based on dress, based on hair dress, based on precious
and semi precious metals, based on plants, flowers,
etc. |
f) |
Any ambiguity in terms of the vowel ending of the
personal nouns. |
g)
|
Are there differences in names given to an individual
in terms of age? |
h)
|
How are names abbreviated? |
| i) |
Are there nick names? |
|
| The personal nouns are typical
Yerava terms. Only in the process of modernization non-Yerava
personal names like Lakshmi, Prakasha have crept into
the Yerava speech. And only recently children are being
named with these nouns. The nouns selected from outside
Yerava source to name the persons are normally the names
of Hindu gods and goddesses. |
|
| Structurally, most of the Yerava
personal nouns are disyllabic. Maximum number of syllables
in a personal noun is three. Monosyllabic personal nouns
are not there in Yerava. As already stated in 1.4.5 these
given personal names are based on the general colours,
complexion and physical appearance of the individual. |
|
| Rarely one can find a male Yerava
proper name ending in -e or -i. Similarly it is difficult
to find a feminine Yerava proper name ending in -a or
-u. |
|
| However, the informants could
not provide information regarding the questions g, h and
i above. |
|
| The personal nouns are grouped
into two. |
| |
Masculine
personal nouns |
| |
Feminine
personal nouns |
|
|
| Masculine personal nouns |
| The masculine personal nouns end
either in -a or -u. |
