162 A GRAMMAR OF THE guished by prefixing the words to aw and o8oras, which are derived from the words to a nu a man and go to w a woman; as wow is a male. child ; Goma äsk a female child ; to w bagat a tyger ; Bonauta Jawa tygress; towbat a he elephant ; Bomoa Bata she elephant, &c. The following words are exceptions to this rulo. was or g...a bullock, and was an oz...bor cu....a cow: 37 W or doua ram.......................cu o at......a sheep. fjsm...............a he buffaloe................... Ja, ab....a she buffalge. BWODU.... ..... ...... cock .........................so batu..a hen. OSB............ a he goat...... .. ...wow...a she goet. Infants of the human race are understood by the words ಶಿಶು, ಮೊಸ , ಕ ಸ,.. and a hug; and when the young ones of quadrupeds and of other animals, such as birds, fish, insects, &c. are expressed, the word ava is added to the noun; asexato a young. elephant ; tu w bado a colt ; fregovo a chicken ; ngagato a young rat; gorauato a young fish; 2002 ado a young serpent. The term 76 is added, to denote the young of cows and buffaloes only; as Eborg ro a calf; Way Ft a young briffalos. NOUNS OP QUALITY. When a noun of quality is compounded with a noun or pronoun, it always precedes thc poun or pronoun, as explained in the chapter of compound words; as mus, 'jack, or 'ájackor, vamos thick paper ; edo autor సుష్యము or మిరియవ సు a great Him ; చరుర నాడవసు or బ రురు Nok opod a clever man.. Besides these many nouns perform the office of adjectives, by adding the participle er, signifying possessing, ta the nominative;, as wway possess Digitized by Google
