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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Sub-class 3
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are transitivizable intransitives.
They are further grouped into three groups according to the transitivizer they take.
(i)   Verbs taking -k- transitivizer.
tu:ng-   ‘to hang’
a:-   ‘to become’
maang-k- > (R. 7)
maaku
  ‘to fold’
 
(ii)   Verbs taking -t- transitivizer.
ku:-   ‘to assemble, to add’
ba:-   ‘to dry’
a:-t- > (R. 3, 4)
a:u
  ‘to shake’
 
(iii)   Verbs taking -i- transitivizer.
ja:r-   ‘to slip’
pacc-   ‘to paste’
bacc-i >  
bacci
  ‘to dry’
 
Sub-class 4
The verbs belonging to this sub-class are derived transitives.
They are further grouped into two groups according to the transitivizer they have taken.
(i)  Verbs taking -k- transitivizer.
tu:k-   ‘to hang’
a:k-   ‘to become’
maak-t-e > (R. 7)
matakute
  ‘I fold’
 
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