ಮಾಡು
mADu
to do / to make
36 ಪದರೂಪಗಳು · 23 ಕೊನೆ + 13 ನಡು
ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರಹದ ಸೊಲ್ಲರಿಮೆ Vol 2 §5.1.1 · DNS Bhat · ettuge
23
ಕೊನೆರೂಪ
18 indicative + 5 imperative
13
ನಡುರೂಪ
+ 2 additional beyond 36
36
ಒಟ್ಟು
ತಿರುಳೆಸಕಪದ standard
ತಿಳಿವುರೂಪ tiLivurUpa Indicative — 18 forms (2 × 9)

ಹಿಂಬೊತ್ತು · past · stem + -ಇದ-

Personಒಂಟಿಹಲವು
1stಮಾಡಿದೆಮಾಡಿದೆವು
2ndಮಾಡಿದೆಮಾಡಿದಿರಿ
3mಮಾಡಿದನುಮಾಡಿದರು
3fಮಾಡಿದಳುಮಾಡಿದರು
3nಮಾಡಿತುಮಾಡಿದವು

ಮುಂಬೊತ್ತು · non-past · stem + -ಉತ್ತ-

Personಒಂಟಿಹಲವು
1stಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ
2ndಮಾಡುತ್ತೀಯಮಾಡುತ್ತೀರಿ
3mಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ
3fಮಾಡುತ್ತಾಳೆಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ
3nಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ

Rational/non-rational split: rational (persons, deities) non-rational (objects, abstracts) · Plural 3m/3f merge → one rational plural form.

ಅರಿಕೆರೂಪ arikerUpa Imperative — 5 forms
Personಕನ್ನಡEkeಹುರುಳು
1sgಮಾಡಲಿmADalilet me do
2sgಮಾಡುmADudo!
2plಮಾಡಿ / ಮಾಡಿರಿmADi / mADirido! (plural)
1plಮಾಡೋಣmADONalet us do
3 (any)ಮಾಡಲಿmADalilet (them) do

No tense distinction · No gender distinction · 1sg and 3rd forms identical (context disambiguates).

ನಡುರೂಪ naDurUpa Non-finite — 13 forms
#ಬಗೆ / Typeಒಟ್ಟುಕನ್ನಡEkeಹುರುಳು
ಪರಿಚೆರೂಪ — Participials (3)
1 non-past -ಉವ ಮಾಡುವ mADuva doing / who does
2 past -ಇದ ಮಾಡಿದ mADida done / who did
3 negative -ಅದ ಮಾಡದ mADada not done / undone
ಜೋಡಿಸುವ ರೂಪ — Converbs (4)
4 prior (sequential) -ಇ ಮಾಡಿ mADi having done (then…)
5 simultaneous -ಉತ್ತ ಮಾಡುತ್ತ mADutta while doing
6 posterior (purposive) -ಅಲು ಮಾಡಲು mADalu in order to do
7 negative -ಅದೆ ಮಾಡದೆ mADade without doing
ಬೇಡಿಕೆರೂಪ — Conditional (1)
8 conditional -ರೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ mADidare if (one) does
ಉದು-ಹೆಸರು — Verbal Nouns (3)
9 non-past -ಉವುದು ಮಾಡುವುದು mADuvudu the act of doing
10 past -ಇದುದು ಮಾಡಿದುದು mADidudu the act of having done
11 negative -ಅದುದು ಮಾಡದುದು mADadudu the act of not doing
ಇಕೆ-ಹೆಸರು — -ike Nouns (2)
12 non-past -ಉವಿಕೆ ಮಾಡುವಿಕೆ mADuvike doing (abstract noun)
13 negative -ಅದಿಕೆ ಮಾಡದಿಕೆ mADadike not-doing (abstract noun)
ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ರೂಪಗಳು heccina rUpagaLu 2 Additional Forms — beyond the 36

Bhat lists these separately — productive across all verbs but not counted in the standard 36.

ಆಗಿಸುವ ರೂಪ · Causative
ಮಾಡಿಸು
mADisu
to cause (someone) to do
prior converb + ಇಸು · productive with all verbs · ಮಾಡಿ + ಸು
ಸೇರಿಸುವ ರೂಪ · Reflexive/Benefactive
ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
mADikoLLu
to do for oneself
prior converb + ಕೊಳ್ಳು (to take/receive) · marks self-benefit

ಒಳನೋಟ — Key Notes

  • ಅರಿಕೆರೂಪ (imperatives): No tense or gender. 1sg and 3rd share the same form ಮಾಡಲಿ — context disambiguates. The 2sg bare stem ಮಾಡು is identical to the infinitive.
  • ಜೋಡಿಸುವ ರೂಪ (converbs): Four types allow complex temporal chaining without finite verbs — a distinctively Dravidian strategy. ಮಾಡದೆ (without doing) differs from ಮಾಡದ (negative participial) — different suffix, different function.
  • ಉದು-ಹೆಸರು three-way: non-past / past / negative. The past verbal noun ಮಾಡಿದುದು is less common in speech but grammatically regular and takes full case suffixes.
  • ಇಕೆ-ಹೆಸರು two-way only: non-past and negative. No past -ike noun (*ಮಾಡಿದಿಕೆ does not exist).
  • ಸೇರಿಸುವ ರೂಪ: ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು marks that the action benefits the subject — "do for oneself." Productive with all verbs: ತಿನ್ನಿಕೊಳ್ಳು (eat for oneself), ತೊಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು (wash oneself).
  • Rational/non-rational: Plural 3rd masculine and feminine merge — ಮಾಡಿದರು / ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ serve both. Only singular distinguishes gender.
  • Why not ಮಾಡಿಹನು (mADihanu), ಮಾಡಲಾರೆ (mADalAre), and similar? — These are compound verb forms (ಕೂಡಿಕೆ ರೂಪ), not entries in the simplex paradigm. ಮಾಡಿಹನು = prior converb ಮಾಡಿ + emphatic/concessive particle ಹನು, a clitic that attaches to any converb of any verb ("having done — I assert / contrary to expectation"). ಮಾಡಲಾರೆ = purpose converb ಮಾಡಲು + defective auxiliary ಆರು (1sg) = "I cannot do" — a separate verb used in negative modal constructions. Bhat's 36 captures only simplex forms (one suffix → one stem). Compound forms multiply by dozens of particles and auxiliaries; they are covered separately — the vector verb system is in Book 32.
  • Why not ಮಾಡುವೆ (mADuve)? — ಮಾಡುವೆ (mADu + linking -v- + 1sg -e) is a valid literary and formal form; its paradigm-mates run: ಮಾಡುವೆ, ಮಾಡುವೆವು, ಮಾಡುವಿರಿ… These come from an older -uva- participial-based conjugation found in classical poetry and formal registers. Bhat's §5.1.1 uses the -utt- non-past marker throughout, giving mADuttEne for 1sg. The -uve alternates belong to a parallel literary paradigm and are not double-counted in the 36. The same applies to all regular verbs: kELuve, barave etc. are valid but outside Bhat's count.