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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Word medially where Paniya Yerava has a Voiceless retroflex stop //, the corresponding word in Panjiri Yerava has voiced retroflex stop.
ai ‘below’ ai
bai ‘stick’ bai
tue ‘thigh’ tue
nau ‘waist’ nau
pai ‘shutter of the door' pai
eu ‘to take’ eu
 
The word medial /of of some of the words of Paniya Yerava correspondingly has /i/ or /e/ in Panjiri Yerava.
Pola ‘land’ pila
boi ‘white’ bei
bo:u ‘wanted’ be:u
 
The Paniya Yerava words having /i/ word initially have correspondingly /u/ or /e/ in Panjiri Yerava.
ie 'to sit' ue
ikkui ‘to tickle’ ekkii
 
9.1.2.   Morphological
Paniya Yerava and Panjiri Yerava pronouns.
na:nu ‘I’ na:nu
na:mu ‘we’ na:mu
na:ngau ‘we’ na:nga
ni:yu ‘you’ (Sg) ni:yu
ni:ngau ‘you’ (P1) ni:nga
ava:u ‘she’ (Remo) avau
iva:u ‘she’ (Pro) ivau
ave ‘he, it’ (Remo) ainu
ive ‘he, it’ (Pro) e:nu
ava:ru ‘they, those’ aira
iva:ru ‘they, these’ e:ra
 
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