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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
{j-enja:u}   -enja:u ‘quotative’
   -enja:u occurs with both nouns and verbs.
 
be:re    ‘ippa    parenje’    enja:u    parenja
   1         2         3                4              5
 
‘Byra    said    that    he    told    now’
   1        3       4               5        2
 
ave    be:re    enja:u    parenja
  1        2           3             4
 
‘He    said    that    he    is    Byra’
 1       4        3                     2
 
{-po}   -po ‘quotative’
-po occurs with nouns and verbs.
 
ava:ru    inje:    ca:yinjoru    po
    1        2            3           4
 
‘(They say that)    they    will    die    to-day’
           4               1        3                2
 
euvatta    e:yu    kori    cattupo:yaru    po
   1                      2            3              4
 
‘(It is said that)    seventyseven    sheep    have    died'
         4                       1                2                   3
 
{-o:}   -o: ‘indefinite’
  -o: occurs with nouns and verbs.
 
be:re    ka:uku    paiku    po:njano:    to:ateku    paiku    po:njano:
   1           2           3             4               5              6                7
 
‘Whether    Byra    went    for    work    in    the    forest   or    to    the    plantation’
                  1       4-7             3-6                       2                                 5
 
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