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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
ira:ane:    ura:i
      1               2
   
  'The    second    wife'
            1        2
   
  baliya     paiyanga
   1              2
   
  'Big    workers'
  1        2
   
  ugera:ta    mara
     1           2
   
  'The    tall    tree'
           1       2
   
  pa:a:ta    pire
     1           2
   
  'The    spoilt    house'
            1          2
 
The adjectival participles aderived from verbs also function as adjective phrases in the clauses.
(i) Non-past adjectival participle
  na:nu    ikkinja    pire    baliye
   1          2         3        4
   
  'The    house    in    which    I    live    is    big'
            3                      1      2               4
   
  ive    kuikinja    ni:ru    alla
 1          2            3        4
   
  'This    is    not    the    drinking    water'
  1             4                  2            3
 
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