| Adjectives derived from adverbs |
| The adjectives are derived by suffixing -a:ta to the nouns. |
| ugera-a:ta |
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(R.14) |
ugera:ta |
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'the one/which is tall' |
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| Adjectives derived from nouns |
| There are adjectives derived by suffixing -tu to certain nouns. |
i a |
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'left' |
ia-tu |
> |
iatu |
'left side' |
| bala |
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'right' |
| bala-tu |
> |
balatu |
'right side' |
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| 6.1.3 Reduplicated adjectives |
| Some of the examples of adjectives of the class are, |
| bal-baliya |
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'big big' |
cer-ceriya |
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'small small' |
| nalla-nalla |
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'good good' |
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| 6.2 Adverbs |
| The simple, derived and reduplicated adverbs modify the verbs. |
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| 6.2.1 Simple adverbs |
| The simple adverbs are further classified into adverbs of place, time and manner depending upon the type of modification they are provinding to the verbs. |
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| Adverbs of place |
| The adverbs belonging to this class provide information regarding the place in which the action indicated by the verb takes place |
| tu:ra |
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'distance' |
me:le |
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'up, top' |
| mine:li |
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'front' |
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| Adverbs of time |
| The adverbs belonging to this class provide information regarding the time at which the action indicated by the verb takes place. |
