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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA B. MALLIKARJUN

In -i (cu), (cu) indicated above is optional. -u occurs with the verb stems taking other past tense markers. It is suffixed to the past stem of the verb. naa-nd-u >   naandu   ‘having walked’ nil-nj-u > (R. 8) ninju   ‘having stood’ kui-e-u >   kuieu   ‘having drunk’   Conditional {-cla} -cla -cla occurs with all the verbs. ni:yu   kallu    erinjela    pau    bi:gu   1        2          3            4           5   'If    you    throw    the    stone    the    fruit    will    fall'      1            3                  2                 4             5   (i)   St. + Past. + bikk-t-ela > (R. 24) bikkutela   ‘if you hiccough’ nil-nj-ela > (R. 8) ninjela   ‘if stands’ bure-c-ela >   burecela   ‘if swells’

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