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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
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    ‘would have sung”
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    ‘would have flown’
 
ave    eppa:u    kai    tinjikkinjo
 1           2         3           4
 
‘He    always    eats    food’
 1         2          4        3
 
pakki    eppa:u    pa:rikkinjo
  1            2              3
 
‘The    bird    always    flies’
           1         2          3
 
Reflexive
The reflexive aspectuals are formed by suffixing -a/-a:y to the past stems of the verbs taking -u as the adverbial participle suffix and by suffixing -ko/-ko:y to the adverbial participle of the verbs taking -i as the adverbial participle non-past tenses respectively.
 
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balica-PNG
    ‘combed’
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    ‘poured’
 
na:nu    tile    balicae
   1        2          3
 
‘I    combed    my    hair’
1        3              2
 
ava:u    munu    kettikoau
   1           2               3
 
'She    wore    the    saree’
  1         3                 2
 
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