En-clitics

The en-clitics are classified into three groups depending upon the stem with which they can occur.

Enclitics (1) : The clitics of this class are suffixed to nouns. Enclitics (2) : The clitics of this class are suffixed to verbs. Enclitics (3) : The clitics of this class are suffixed to both verbs and nouns.

Enclitics (1)

{-ene} - ene ‘ordinal’

-ene occurs with all the numerals.

ira:-ene >   ira:ene   ‘second’ patt-ene >   pattene   ‘tenth’

{-e:}   -e:   ‘conjunctive’

-e    occurs with numerals only.

ina:l-e:-ka:lu >   na:le:ka:lu   ‘four and a quarter’ patt-e:-ka:lu >   patte:ka:lu   ‘ten and a quarter’

{-indu}   -indu ‘comparative’

-indu occurs after the dative case marker.

mara-t-ka-indu > (R. 24) maratukaindu   ‘than that tree’

i:   mara    a:    maratukaindu    baliye 1      2      3             4               5

'This    tree    is    bigger    than    that    tree’    1        2              5                3          4