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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Post-clitics
The post clitics are subrouped into
(i)
Clitic of place
(ii)
Clitic of time (day)
(iii)
Clitic of time (general)
(iv)
Clitic of manner
(v)
Clitic of quality
(vi)
Clitic of quantity
 
(i)    Clitic of place
{-nge}   -e, -nge
-e occurs after the long vowel.
a:-e > a:e ‘there’
u:-e > u:e 'here'
e:-e > e:e 'where'
 
-nge occurs elsewhere.
a-nge > ange 'there'
i-nge > inge 'here'
e-nge > enge 'where'
 
(ii)    Clitic of time (day)
{-nj}    -nj
-nj occurs with demonstrative and interrogative pro-clitics.
a-nj >   (R.24)
anju
    'that day'
i-nj >   (R.24)
inju
    'this day'
e-nj >   (R.24)
enju
    'which day'
 
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