[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Kannada literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada) › [Grammar, poetics and lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra) › [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt) › 4.16 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 4.16 English (machine translation) 4.16 - **Language:** English ### [4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.1) A generic term is variously like a singular when denoting plurality. ### [4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.2) A word denoting a genus variously behaves like a singular in the expression of plurality. ### [4.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.3) kariy ivu \[these are elephant(s)\] ### [4.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.4) karigaḷ ivu \[these are elephants\] ### [4.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.5) key beḷeduvu \[the field(s) grew\] ### [4.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16.6) keygaḷ beḷeduvu \[the fields grew\] ## Linked texts (1) - [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.4.16.1) — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.16) · Pramāṇa