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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
cori   ‘to itch’
mure-nj-a    
murenja
  ‘humming’ (Past)
pa:y-nj-e > (R. 8)
pa:nje
  ‘I ran’
ne:l-nj-e > (R. 8)
ne:nje
  ‘I hanged’
 
Sub-class 3
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are transitivizable intransitives.
The transitivizer is -x-
ae   ‘to close’
ue   ‘to break’
kire   ‘to weep’
nane   ‘to get wet’
bue   ‘to grow’
ae-nj-a
>
 
aenja
  ‘it closed’
ue-nj-a
>
 
uenja
  ‘it broke’
ii-nj-a
>
 
itinja
  ‘it hit’
 
5.1.4.    Simple verb stems of class IV
This class consists of all the verbs taking -c- as the past tense marker. The verb stems belonging to this class are further classified into three groups.
Sub-class 1
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are inherent transitives.
ati   ‘to sweep’
aye   ‘to send’
ure   ‘to smear’
 
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