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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
(iii) The inherent transitive verbs are directly causativized by suffixing the causative marker.
 
na:nu    pau    tinute
   1          2          3
 
‘I    ate    the    fruit’
1     3                 2
 
na:nu    pueku    pau    tinipice
   1            2          3           4
 
‘I    fed    fruit    to    the    child’
1     4        3                        2
 
(iv)
The nontransitivizable intransitive verbs are directly causativized by suffixing the causative marker.
bai    ni:rili    te:luta
  1        2          3
 
'The    stick    floats    in    the    water’
            1         2                2
 
na:nu    baine    ni:rili    te:lipice
   1          2          3           4
 
‘I    floated    the    stick    in    water’
1       4                    2               3
 
(v) The derived transitive is causativized by suffixing the causative marker.
na:nu    be:renekou     puene    naatipice
 1               2                   3              4
 
'I    got    the    child    walk    through    Byra’
1                       3         4                     2
 
A classified verb list is given in the first section of the Appendix of this dissertation.
 
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