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DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA |
| B.
MALLIKARJUN |
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 onju occurs elsewhere. |
| iru-patl-onju |
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(R. 20) |
iruvattonju |
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‘twenty’ |
| nu-patt-onju |
> |
(R. 21 (b) |
nuppattonju |
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‘thirty’ |
| aym-patt-onju |
> |
(R. 21(a) |
aymbattonju |
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‘fifty’ |
| aru-patt-onju |
> |
(R. 20) |
aruvattonju |
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‘sixty’ |
e u-patt-onju |
> |
(R. 20) |
euvattonju |
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‘seventy’ |
| tom-patt-onju |
> |
(R. 21(a) |
tombattonju |
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‘ninety’ |
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ira:  u iru, ira:u ‘two’ |
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iru occurs before the numeral nu:ru ‘hundred’, plural marker -eru and before the cardinal numeral pattu ‘ten’. |
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| iru-eru |
> |
(R. 13) |
iruveru |
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‘two persons’ |
| iru-nu:ru |
> |
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irunu:ru |
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‘two hundred’ |
| iru-patt -onju |
> |
(R. 20) |
iruvattonju |
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‘twenty one’ |
| iru-patt -ira:u |
> |
(R- 20) |
iruvattira:u |
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‘twenty two’ |
| iru-patt -mu:nju |
> |
(R. 20) |
iruvattmu:nju |
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‘twenty three’ |
| iru-patt -na:lu |
> |
(R. 20) |
iruvattna:lu |
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‘twenty four’ |
| iru-patt -a:ru |
> |
(R-20) |
iruvatta:ru |
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‘twenty six’ |
| iru-patt -e:yu |
> |
(R. 20) |
iruvatte:yu |
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‘twenty seven’ |
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