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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
iru-patt -eu > (R. 20)
iruvatteu
  ‘twenty eight’
iru-patt -oymbodu > (R. 20)
iruvattoymbodu
  ‘twenty nine’
iru-patt -anju > (R. 20)
iruvattanju
  ‘twenty five’
 
  ira:u occurs elsewhere.
ira:u ‘two’
ira:u  moema:ru ‘two boys’
ira:u  pire ‘two houses’
 
{mu:nju} nu, mu:, mun, mu:nju ‘three’
 
nu occurs before the alternants of ‘ten’ pattu and padu.
nu-padu > (R. 21 (b)
nuppadu
  ‘thirty’
nu-patt -onju > (R. 21 (b)
nuppattonju
  ‘thirty one’
nu-patt -mu:nju > (R. 21 (b)
nuppattmu:nju
  ‘thirty three’
nu-patt -anju > (R. 21 (b)
nuppattanju
  ‘thirty five’
nu-patt -e:yu > (R. 21 (b)
nuppatte:yu
  ‘thirty seven’
nu-patt -oymbodu > (R. 21 (b)
nuppattoymbodu
  ‘thirty nine’
 
 mu: occurs before the plural number marker -eru.
mu:-eru > (R. 13)
mu:veru
  ‘three persons’
 
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