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(36) a. गो /ɡo/ + s /ĩ/ = गोँs /ɡõĩ/ 'a game partner'
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b. tक /kĩ/ + टास /ʈɑs/ = tकटाँस /kĩʈɑs/ 'kitten'
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c. टो /ʈo/ + इआँ /iɑ/ = टोँइँयाँ /ʈõĩyɑ/ 'a small earthen pot'
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d. िह /ɦi/ + ङ /ŋ/ = Rहङ /ɦĩŋ/ 'asafoetida'
Or, the final न् /n/ may be lost nasalizing the preceding vowel. This process
does not seem natural in Bhojpui. But some loanword from Hindi-Urdu present this
character, as shown in (37a-c).
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(37) a. बयान /bʌyɑn/ → बयाँ /bʌyɑ/ 'description'
b. इvतहान /imtʌɦɑn/ → इvतहाँ /imtʌɦɑ/ 'examination'
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c. हिसन /ɦʌsin/ → हसी ँ /ɦʌsĩ/ beautiful
5.4 Epenthesis
Epenthesis is the insertion of a segment.
5.4.1 Vowel insertion
There are some natural environments in Bhojpuri for vowel insertion under
process of epenthesis, as shown in (38a-c):
(38) a. काठ् /kɑʈʰ/ wood + कुआँ /kuɑ/ well = क"कुइआँ /kʌʈkuiɑ/ wooden well: ठ्
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/ʈʰ/ + क् /k/ = "क् /ʈk/, with vowel raising in the preceding segment and
medial insertion of close-front vowel इ /i/ in the succeeding segment.
b. उwर /uttʌr/ north + आरी /ɑri/ boundary = उतरवारी /utʌrwɑri/ northern:
insertion of व् /w/ between the two segments.
c. दिxखन /dʌkkʰin/ 'south' + आरी /ɑri/ boundary = दिxखनवारी /dʌkkʰinwɑri/
'southern': insertion of व् /w/ between the two segments.
5.4.2 Consonant insertion
A consonant may be inserted to break up unacceptable vowel clusters. The
insertion of voiced unaspirated palatal and bilabial glides य् /y/ and व् /w/ has already
been discussed. But Bhojpuri has its own usage of consonant insertion, mainly in
counting over a hundred, as shown in (39a-c):
(39) a. दु /du/ two + उwर /uttʌr/ post = 7दलोwर /dilottʌr/ two and
b. तीन /tinʌ/ three + उwर /uttʌr/ post = ितलोwर /tilottʌr/ three and
c. चार /cɑrʌ/ four + उwर /uttʌr/ post = चलोwर /cʌlottʌr/ four and
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