3. |
Nouns derived from adjectives |
4. |
Nouns derived from verbs |
5. |
Nouns derived from agentiviser |
6. |
Nouns derived from nouns |
|
| |
| 1. Nouns derived
from numerals |
| The masculine and feminine nouns
are derived by suffixing -te and -ti to the numeral base
oru. It belongs to one class. |
| our-te
|
> |
orate
|
'one
man' |
| oru-ti
|
> |
oruti
|
'one
woman' |
|
| The numeral stems taking the
epicene plural marker -era belongs to this class. |
| iru-eru
|
> |
(R.
13) |
iruveru
|
|
'two persons' |
| mu:-eru
|
> |
(R.
13) |
mu:veru
|
|
'three
persons' |
| na:lu-eru
|
> |
(R.
13) |
na:luveru
|
|
'four
persons' |
|
| |
| 2. Nouns derived
from demonstrative and interrogative pronouns |
| The nouns derived by suffixing
-ve to the demonstrative and interrogative pronoun bases
belong to this class. |
| a-ve |
> |
ave |
lie'
(Remo) |
| i-ve |
> |
ive |
'he'
(Pro) |
| e:-ve |
> |
e:ve |
'who' |
|
| |
| 3. Nouns derived
from adjectives |
| There are certain nouns derived
by suffixing -ca to the colour adjectives. They belong
to one class. |
| boli
|
|
|
'white' |
bo i-ca
|
> |
boica |
'lamp' |
|
