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d. पद् /pʌd/ ‘post’ + सेखी /sekʰi/ ‘prestige’ = पAसेखी /pʌtsekʰi/ ‘dignity’: द् /d/ +

स् /s/ = Aस् /ts/.

e. बड़् /bʌɖ/ ‘big’ + खड़ा /kʰʌɽɑ/ = ब"खड़ा /bʌʈkʰʌɽɑ/ ‘weights’: ड़् /ɽ/ + ख् /kʰ/ = "ख् /ʈkʰ/.

f. अड़् /ʌɖ/ ‘block’ + चन /cʌn/ ‘work’ = अ"चन /ʌʈcʌn/ ‘blockade’: ड़् /ɽ/ + च् /c/
= "च् /ʈc/.

g. गोड़् /ɡoɽ/ ‘foot’ + छान /cʰɑn/ ‘block’ = गो"छान /ɡoʈcʰɑn/ ‘a rope to tie up the

feet of an animal’: ड़् /ɽ/ + छ् /cʰ/ = "छ् /ʈcʰ/
h. गोड़् /ɡoɽ/ ‘foot’ + थारी /tʰɑri/ ‘towards’ = गो"थारी /ɡoʈtʰɑri/ ‘footward’: ड़्

/ɽ/ + थ् /tʰ/ = "थ् /ʈtʰ/.
i. अड़् /ʌɽ/ ‘block’ + पाकड़ /pɑkʌɽ/ ‘a tree’ = अ"पाकड़ /ʌʈpɑkʌɽ/ ‘vandalist’: ड़् /ɽ/

+ प् /p/ = "प् /ʈp/.

j. खाँड़् /kʰɑɽ/ ‘glucose’ + सारी /sɑri/ ‘changer’ = खाँ"सारी /kʰɑʈsɑri/ ‘sugar’: ड़्
̃
̃
/ɽ/ + स् /s/ = "स् /ʈs/.

(iii) Apico-alveolarization
The voiceless unaspirated dental stop त् /t/ changes into its apico-alveolar

counterpart ट् /ʈ/ in Bhojpuri, if voiceless unaspirated or aspirated apico-alveolar ट् /ʈ/

or ठ् /ʈʰ/ follows it. Likewise, it changes into its voiced apico-alveolar counterpart ड
̈
/ɖ/, if followed by the voiced apico-alveolar ड /ɖ/ or its breathy counterpart ढ /ɖ/, as
shown in (18a-e):

(18) a. सात् /sɑt/ ‘seven’ + टाँड़ /ʈɑɽ/ ‘bat’ = सा\ाँड़ /sɑʈʈɑɽ/ ‘seven bats’: त् /t/ + ट् /ʈ/
̃
̃
= "ट् /ʈʈ/.

̃
̃
b. सात् /sɑt/ ‘seven’ + ठाँव /ʈʰɑo/ ‘place’ = सा]ाँव /sɑʈʈʰɑo/ 'seven places': त /t/ +
ठ /ʈʰ/ = "ठ् /ʈʈʰ/

c. सात् /sɑt/ ‘seven’ + डघड़ /ɖʌɡ ̈ ʌɽ/ ‘way’ = सा`घड़ /sɑɖɖʌɡ ̈ ʌɽ/ ‘seven-way
cross-road’: त् /t/ + ड् /ɖ/ = aड् /ɖɖ/.
̈
̈
d. सात् /sɑt/ ‘seven’ + ढाड़ /ɖɑɽ/ ‘slope’ = साbाड़ /sɑɖɖɑɽ/ ‘seven slopes’: त् /t/ +
̈
ढ् /ɖ/ = aढ् /ɖɖ/.
̈
̈
e. छत् /cʰʌt/ ‘roof’ + ढड़dआ /ɖʌɽuɑ/ ‘concretizer’ = छbड़dआ /cʰʌɖɖʌɽuɑ/ ‘roof-
̈
concretizer’: त् /t/ + ढ् /ɖ/ = aढ् /ɖɖ/.

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