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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
5.5   Link morphs
There are two link morphs in Yerava. They are -k and -g-
{-k} -k, -g
-k (Link 1) occurs with verb stems taking -kinj- an present tense marker and -p-future tense marker, before the future tense marker-ø- and the following suffixes -ae (Permissive) -ata (Negative adjectival participate) -elu (Gerundal) -am (Definitive) -anda (Negative modal).
 
kui-k-ate >  
kuikae
  ‘let him/her/it eat’
kui-k-ata >  
kuikata
  ‘the one who does not drink’
kui-k-elu >  
kuikelu
  ‘drinking’
kui-k-au >  
kuikau
  ‘should drink’
kui-k-aa >  
kuikaa
  ‘do not drink’
kui-k-ø-u >  
kuiku
  ‘it will drink’
 
-g (Link 2) occurs with verb stems taking -yinj- as the present tense marker before the suffixes mentioned above.
kire-g-ae >  
kiregae
  ‘let him/her/it cry’
kire-g-ata >  
kiregata
  ‘the one who does not weep’
kire-g-elu >  
kiregelu
  ‘weeping’
kire-g-au >  
kiregau
  ‘should weep’
kire-g-aa >  
kiregaa
  ‘do not weep’
kire-g-ø-u >  
kiregu
  ‘it will weep’
 
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