இப்பக்கம் மெய்ப்பு பார்க்கப்படவில்லை
*vaarika vaarika (v) enakka tan. —ena / -enru occurs with finite verbs (if single, i.e. non reduplicated) and with verb stems (if reduplicated) kanavan tittinaan enru manaivi azu taal. “the wife wept as the husband scolded”.
- kanavan titfinaan titfinaan en ru manivi azutaal
uurellaam teețu teet(u) en ru avanait teețineen’ “(I) sear ched for him all over the town’
- uur ellaam teet(u)en ru avanait teetineen
The so-called onomatopoetic forms are not finite verbs, since they are not marked for tense, person and number. Therefore they are verb stems. 284
