Postpositions in Tulu

 

Postpositions used with ablative or instrumental case (suffix ‘Dd’)

Tulu	Kannada	English
dumbu	modalu	Before
bokka	nantara	after, afterwards
inchi	--	onwards
Atra	Agi	Because of

 

Postpositions used with dative case (suffix ‘k/g’)

Tulu	Kannada	English
eduru	Eduru, viruddha	against
Ad	Agi	for
Atra	gOskara	For the sake of
bODAd	bEkAgi	For the sake of

Postpositions used with genitive case (suffix 'na/ta/da')

Tulu	Kannada	English
kaital	hattira	near
oTTugu	oTTige	together, with
lekka / leka	hAge/ante	Like, As
baggae/vishayoDu/vichAroDu	Bagge, kuritu	about/regarding /concerning
prakAra	prakAra	As per
pagateg / badal’g	badalige	instead of
mukhAntra, mUlaka	mukhAntra, mUlaka	through
eduru	eduru	in front of
sutta / suttala	sutta / suttalU	around
suttamutta	suttamutta	around
ulai	oLage	in / inside
pidai	horage	out / outside
piravu, beriye	hinde	behind
aDe/aDeg	allige	towards / to the place of
anchi/anchig	Ache	towards
mitt	mEle	on / above
tirt	keLage	below
aDiT	aDiyalli	under
bariT	badiyalli	next to, beside
naDuTu	naDuve/madye	in the middle

 

Postpositions used with basic form of nouns

Tulu	Kannada	English
muTTa / muTa	varege	up to, till
ormae / iDi	iDi, Adyanta	Throughout, all over
ijjandae / dAntae	illade	Without

 

Postpositions used with all the cases

Tulu	Kannada	English
attandae	allade, horatu	Beside, apart from , without

Read Tulu Lesson 31: Postpositions to learn more.