Oriya Morphemes
The basics of Oriya morphology are largely derived from Sanskrit. Thus, Morpheme-based morphology in Oriya essentially follows Sanskrit rules. Ancient Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini in Astadhyayi has defined a morpheme (termed पद: Pronounced: pada) as under:
सूप्तिऩ्ग ऩा पदम् (IAST:Sup ting na padam).
सूप् (‘Sup’) or तीऩ्ग (‘Ting’) create a पद (pada) i.e. a word.
Thus, ‘sup’ and ‘ting’ are morphemes. Since Oriya grammar follows rules of Sanskrit grammar, the structurally dissected form of a ‘pada’ is the also the morpheme (termed as Rupeme) in Oriya language. Some examples are as under:
Examples:
Base Morpheme: /ଘର/ (Pronounced: ghara; meaning: house)
Phonetic Components:
/ଘରକୁ/ = /ଘ୍/ + /ର୍/ + /ଅ/ + /କ୍/ + /ଉ/
Morphological Components:
/ଘରକୁ/ = / ଘର/ + /କୁ/
Base Morpheme: /ହାତ/ (Pronounced: hāta; meaning: hand)
Morphological Components/Derivatives:
/ହାତୀ/ = / ହାତ/ + /ଈ/
/ହାତିଆ/ = / ହାତ/ + /ଇଆ/
/ହାତୁଡି/ = / ହାତ/ + /ଉଡି/
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