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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Count nouns
Some of the count nouns are as follows:
pi:li 'eyelash' kutti 'eye ball'
pa:e 'bee hive' po:e 'shallow part of the tree'
birelu 'finger' i:ru 'egg of bug'
ba:lu 'tail' puu 'wound'
 
Non-count nouns
The inanimate non-count nouns are classified into
Mass nouns
Abstract nouns
 
Mass nouns
Some of the mass nouns are as follows:
o:re 'blood'
ala 'pus'
 
Abstract nouns
Some of the abstract nouns are as follows:
cei 'anger'
po:i 'fear'
 
4.4   Derived nouns
There are six types of nouns identified as derived nouns. They are
1.
Nouns derived from numerals
2.
Nouns derived from demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
 
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