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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
{pattu} pan, pand, pad, pattu ‘ten’
 
pan occurs before the numeral alternant ondu ‘one’.
pan-ondu > (R. 16)
pannondu
  ‘eleven’
 
pand occurs before the numeral ira:u ‘two’
pand-ira:u >  
pandira:u
  ‘twelve’
 
pad occurs before the numeral alternant mu:nju ‘three’ and occurs after the following numeral     alternants iru ‘two’, nu ‘three’, na: ‘four’, aym ‘five’, aru ‘six’, elu ‘seven’, em ‘eight’, tom ‘nine’.
iru-pad > (R. 20)
iruvadu
  ‘twenty’
nu-pad > (R. 21(b)
nuppadu
  ‘thirty’
na:-pad >  
na:padu
  ‘forty’
aym-pad > (R. 21(a)
aymbadu
  ‘fifty’
aru-pad > (R. 20)
aruvadu
  ‘sixty’
eupad > (R. 20)
euvadu
  ‘seventy’
em-pad > (R. 21(a)
embadu
  ‘eighty’
torn-pad > (R. 21(a)
tombadu
  ‘ninety’
 
pattu occurs elsewhere.
pattu   ‘ten’
iru-pattu -onju > (R. 20)
iruvattonju
  ‘twenty one’
 
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