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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
-p- occurs with all the verbs taking -kinj- as present tense marker. All verbs after the causative marker take -p- as the future tense marker.
 
(i)   St. +
kui-p-e >  
kutipe
  ‘I will drink’
kai-p-e >  
kaipe
  ‘I will dance’
 
(ii)   St. + Trs. +
bacc-i-p-e >  
baccipe
  ‘I will dry’
a:-t-p-e > (R. 3, 4, 11)
a:ipe
  ‘I will shake’
 
(iii)   St. + Trs. + Cause. +
ua:ng-k-pi-p-e > (R. 7, 11)
ua:kipipe
  ‘I will cause to dry’
a:-t-pi-p-e > (R. 3, 4, 11)
a:ipipe
  ‘I will cause to shake’
 
(iv)   St. + Cause. +
tin-pi-pe > (R. 11)
tinipipe
  ‘I will cause to eat’
pa:r-pi-pe > (R. 11)
pa:ripipe
  ‘I will cause to fly’
 
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