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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
The model is 10+1, 10+2, 10+3, 10+4, 10+5, 10+6, 10+7, 10+8.
pan-ondu > (R. 16)
pannondu
  ‘eleven’
pand-ira: >  
pandira:u
  ‘twelve’
pad-in-mu:nju > (R. 19)
padimu:nju
  ‘thirteen’
pad-in-na:Iu > (R. 19)
padina:lu
  ‘fourteen’
pad-in-anju >  
padinanju
  ‘fifteen’
pad-in-a:ru >  
padina:ru
  ‘sixteen’
pad-in-e:yu >  
padine:yu
  ‘seventeen’
pad-in-eu >  
padineu
  ‘eighteen’
 
The numeral for 19 is formed by adding the cardinal numeral for 9 to the cardinal numeral for 10.
patt-oymbadu >  
pattoymbadu
  ‘nineteen’
 
The numerals of the order 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 are formed by adding one of the base forms of the cardinal of 10 to one of the base forms of the cardinals of the numerals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
 
The model is 2X10, 3X10, 4X10, 5X10, 6X10, 7X10, 8X10, 9X10.
iru-padu > (R. 20)
iruvadu
  ‘twenty’
nu-padu > (R. 21(b)
nupadu
  ‘thirty’
 
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