THE YERUKALA LANGUAGE. 



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From the table we see the terminations forming the present, 

 past, and future tenses are ikkir (ta, da, or their modifications) 

 and ha, and that these terminations are added to the crude form 

 of the verbs or their modifications. 



The particles denoting the 1st and 2nd person singular in all 

 the tenses are e and a, and those denoting the 3rd person singular 

 are u in the present, eu in the past, and ah in the future. 



In the plural the particles are the same in all the tenses ; they 

 are o in the 1st, ahgalu in the 2nd, and urn in the 3rd persons. 



Mood. 



The infinitive is formed by adding atam and adam as ceyu^am, 

 pagadam, umgatam, odatam. 



Indicative . , n§nu cetiketikkirg. 



Imperative . . oei, paru, <5du which, are the simple 



forms of the verbs. 



(may . . ceyavaccu. 



can . . ceyagarrey. 



must . . ceyyam. 



the first being the Telugu termination, and the 2nd a corruption 



of the Telugu gala. 



Subjunctive . . cedike, vamdike, 6 denoting if. 



The following are the forms of the Yerukala verb correspond- 

 ing to the avyayamulu in Telugu : — 



cuci . . pati. 



cucucu . . patikgti. 



teliyaka . . aride pogade pakade, kollade.* 



ceyan (ceyutaku) . , cgyarataku. 



undan (undutaku) . . adarataku. 



povudun . , pOnaperikili. 



Phrases and sentences showing the use of participles, &c. 



vaccucunnavadevadu . . varraduygdu. 



vaccinanadevadu . . vandaduyedu. 



ragalavadevadu . . varraduyedu. 



ranivadu . . vararadu. 



endaru . , ettangru. 



ceyaradu . . ceyamana. 



kadu . . alia, 



ledu . . ilia, 



nenu teccinacarra . , nenu yettinrakolu. 



atanivaddakupoyepilu pimcu . . attamatakupoye ayipi. 



atanitomatladinatarvatacepputanu . . atatotivasittanaka6onnake\ 



bhojanamucesinatarvatapandukoni- soruvundaperikinijarugucum geti , 

 naru. 



* These bear resemblance to Canarese words. 



