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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
  ippa    ningaa    pireku    konubandua    ari    ca:yalano:?
 1          2            3              4              5          6
   
  'Now    the    rice    which    is    brought    to    your    house    is    good?'
  1                5                           4                  2         3                 6
   
  innele    u:yikoinda    pola    a:runa?
   1              2              3          4
   
  'The     land     which    was    being    ploughed    yesterday    belongs    to    whom?
            3                               2                             1                        4
   
  erude    kirenja:inda     pakkina    pe:ru    eneyi?
   1                2                   3           4          5
   
  'What    is    the    name    of    the    bird    that    was    crying    in   the    morning'
   5                       4                        3                            2                       1
 
The other elements functioning as adjective phrases include the demonstrative pronoun and the genitive forms of the noun.
Demonstrative + Noun
a:    pu:e
1         2
i:    na:yu
1      2
   
'That    eat'
  1        2
'This    dog'
  1        2
 
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