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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
kui   ‘to bathe’
pite   ‘to cover’
muri   ‘to cut the mutton’
aye-c-e
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ayece
  ‘I sent’
ure-c-e
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urece
  ‘I smeared’
bui-c-e
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buice
  ‘I called’
 
Sub-class 2
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are non-transitivizable intransitives.
ai   ‘(air) to blow”
ie   ‘to sit’
uti   ‘to rise’
kure   ‘to bark’
bure   ’to shiver’
iri   ‘to laugh’
kure-c-a
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kureca
  ‘it barked’
kodi-c-a
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kodica
  ‘it boiled’
cume-c-e
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cumece
  ‘I coughed’
 
Sub-class 3
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are derived transitives.
They are further grouped into three groups according to the transitivizer they have taken.
(i)   Verbs taking -i- transitivizer.
tumbi   ‘to fill’
ma:ri   ‘to heal’
 
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