This verb stem with person—number—gender markers occurs after the verb stems to form various aspects.

ue-c-a:-u-e   ‘I am breaking’ ue-c-u-e   ‘I have broken’ bi:nd-a:-u-e   ‘I am sleeping’ bi:-nd-u-e   ‘I have slept’       {al-}   'no'

The verb stem al- is used to indicate the existential negation.

ave    moe    alla  1          2          3

'He    is    not    a    boy'  1             3            2

ava:u    enna    maga:u    alla     1          2            3          4

'She    is    not    my    daughter’  1             4       2          3

The other appellative verbs ie- ‘young’, ceri ‘small’, nal-'good', bali- ‘big’, pudi- ‘new’, kure- ‘little’, mu:t- ‘elder’ take the relative participle marker.

ie-a > (R. 12) ieya   ‘the one who is young’ bali-a > (R. 12) baliya   ‘the one who is big’ ceri-a > (R. 12) ceriya   ‘the one who is small’ nal-a > (R. 16) nalla   'the one who is good' pudi-a > (R. 12) pudiya   'the one who is new' mu:t-a >   mu:ta   'the one who is elder'