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(Ç)¹Ô and (Ç)Ý (non-polite).

¹Ô is usually used in addressing small male children and close male friends that are younger than the speaker. When the stem ends in a vowel, the Ç a is deleted. (Remember that these are non-polite forms.) For addressing female children and close female friends -Ý may be used.

Ø½Ô¹Ô poodaa `run along, get lost, kid! '


Vasu Renganathan
Sat Nov 2 21:16:08 EST 1996