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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
-nj- occurs with verbs ending in -1, -y, -n and the verbs listed in class III.
tin-nj-e > (R. 8)
tinje
  'I ate’
ne:l-nj-e > (R. 8)
ne:nje
  ‘I hanged’
pa:y-nj-e > (R. 8)
pa:nje
  ‘I ran’
kol-nj-e > (R. 8)
konje
  ‘I killed’
ae-nj-a >  
aenja
  ‘it closed’
 
-c- occurs with other verb stems. It also occurs after the causative stems.
aex-c-e > (R. 1)
aece
  ‘I closed’
kui-pi-c-e >  
kuipice
  ‘I caused to drink’
pite-c-e >  
pitece
  ‘I covered’
 
5.6.2   Present tense
{-inj}    -inj-,   -kinj-,     yinj.
-inj- All the verbs taking enunciate -u take -inj- as present tense marker.
Structure:   St. ± {Trs} +
(i)   St. +
pa:r-inj-e >  
pa:rinje
  ‘I flew’
pa:y-inj-e >  
pa:yinje
  ‘I ran’
ku:l-inj-e >  
ku:l-inj-e
  ‘I bend’
tin-inj-e >  
tininje
  ‘I eat’
 
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