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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
The Paniya Yerava and Panjiri Yerava numerals.
onju ‘one’ onju
ira:u ‘two’ la:u
mu:nju ‘three’ mu:nju
na:lu ‘four’ na:lu
anju 'five' anju
a:ru 'six' a:ru
e:yu ‘seven’ e:u
 
The appellative verb u- in Paniya Yerava and Panjiri Yerava along with person—gender and number markers.
u-e ‘I exist’ u-enu
u-o ‘we exist’ u-a:mu
u-e ‘you exist’ (Sg) u-e:yu
u-iri ‘you exist’ (pi) u-e:ri
u-a ‘he, it exists’ u-a:nu
u-au ‘she exists’ u-a:lu
u-a:ru ‘they exist’ u-a:ru
 
9.1.3.    Lexical
Paniya Yerava   Panjiri Yerava
ti:minike ‘glow-worm’ miaminike
arue ‘alligator’ arneli
muyelu ‘rabit’ mu:velu
moe ‘boy’ cikke
mireyi ‘old man’ perima
mireti ‘old woman’ periya:ti
tavte ‘one type of grass’ tuvve
a:muee ‘caster oil’ areee
manja ‘turmaric’ manjau
puyngelari ‘boiled rice’ pungelari
a:vilu ‘flatend rice’ pacce
ba:ye mara ‘banana tree’ ba:mara
matta:e ‘watermelon’ ni:ruka:yi
cei ‘anger’ ariya
ko:e ‘monkey’ kura:ngu
ie ‘hood of the snake’ jae
mu:e ‘bug’ timae
pakki ‘bird’ puu
 
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