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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
The derivation of personal nouns above this number is not permitted in Yerava.
Distributives    
ororte   ‘one by one’
irverirveru   ‘two by two’
mu:muveru   ‘three by three’
na:lna:luveru   ‘four by four’
anjanja:u   ‘five by five’
a:ra:ra:u   ‘six by six’
e:ye:ya:u   ‘seven by seven’
eea:u   ‘eight by eight’
 
Fractional numerals
Only three fractional numerals are expressed in Yerava.
  ka:lu ¼
  are ½
  mukka:lu ¾
 
The numerals with fractionals are formed in the following The fractional ka:lu and mukka:lu are suffixed to the numeral. In between them -e:- is added.
mu:nje:+ka:lu > mu:nje:ka:lu
mu:nje:+mukka:lu > mu:nje:mukka:lu
 
The fractionals involving are are formed by suffixing -are to the cardinal numerals.
mu:nj-are >  
mu:njare
  ‘three and a half'
 
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