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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
-aru occurs with all the verbs after the past tense marker.
kaa-nd-aru > kaandaru ‘they crossed’
naa-nd-aru > naandaru ‘they walked’
pare-nj-aru > parenjaru ‘they spoke’
kui-c-aru > kuicaru ‘they drunk’
ie-c-aru > iecaru ‘they sat’
a:-t-aru >   (R. 3, 4)
a:utaru
    ‘they shook’
 
5.8.3.   Third person: Non-Fern, singular
{-o}   -o,   -u,   -a
-o occurs with all the verbs in the present tense after the tense marker.
tin-ø-u > tinu ‘he, it will eat’
kui-k-ø-u > kuiku ‘he, it will drink’
kaa-k-ø-u > kaaku ‘he, it will cross’
 
-a occurs with all the verbs after the past tense markers.
naa-nd-a > naanda ‘he, it walked’
pare-nj-a > parenja ‘he, it said’
bali-c-e > balice ‘he, it pulled’
 
Feminine singular
{-ou}   ou,   au
-ou occurs with all the verbs after the present and future tense markers.
kaa-kinj-ou   kadakinjou ‘she crosses’
kaa-p-ou   kaapou ‘she will cross’
 
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