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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
{-e}   -e ‘negative’
   -e: occurs with verbs to indicate non-past negative before-ka:ni
 
be:re    iekinjeka:i
   1              2
 
‘Byra    does    not    sit’
  1                 2
 
na:nu    u:e    ikkinje    ka:i
   1         2                         3
 
‘I    will    not    be    here’
1      3                2
 
{-aa}   aa ‘until’
  -aa occurs with future stem of the verbs.
 
ni:yu    baruvaa    u:e    ikkinje
   1           2            3          4
 
‘Till    you    come    I    will    be    here’
   1               2        4                  3
 
Enclitic (3)
{ -o:}   -a:   ‘interrogative’
  -a: occurs with both nouns and verbs.
maga:o:
>
 
maga:o:
  ‘is it daughter’
bale-o:
>
(R. 12)
baleyo:
  ‘is it net’
kui-c-a-n-o:
>
 
kuicano:
  ‘did drink’
 
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