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Verbs with weak present and future but past with doubled retroflex consonant

This class is intermediate between the weak and strong verbs; in Graul's classification it is class VI. Stems usually have ¥ d as last consonant, but not all verbs with ¥ belong to this class, e.g., ½Ôà paadu `sing' belongs to class III.

In some dialects, the infinitive of ؽԥà¡Ø´Ô poottukko put on, wear' is a back formation from the past: ؽԥࡴչ poottukkida.The LT verb ×´Ôª kol is involved in the formation of this compound, but has lost its morphophonemic value. LT verb ×´Ôª is not normally used in ST, except with the meaning `contain', i.e. Éÿ»« ¶ÔÜ Í¬ÂÄé ×´Ôªë£ inda jaadi evvalavu kollum `How much will this jar contain?' ×´Ôª is also used in the compounds ×´Ôýà¤Ø½Ô kondupoo `take (something) and î¥Ü´Õ¥à¤Ø½Ô kuuttikittupoo `take (someone)' and ×´ÔýàÂÔ konduvaa `bring s.t.' and î¥Ü´Õ¥àÂÔ kuuttikittuvaa `bring a person'; and ×´Ôª is also an aspect marker (cf. § xxx).



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