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i ɡ ̈ ʌr ɦʌ
i ɡ ̈ ʌr ɦʌ

3SG.PROX house be.3SG.PRES
'This is ... house.' (06.001)

In (5), घर /ɡ ̈ ʌr/ 'house' has occupied the slot of a nonminal predicate. Except the

four major syntactic positions, Bhojpuri nouns may also occupy some more positions.
The position of possessive/genitive noun modifier in the noun phrase is presented in (6):

(6) ... सारा जमीन के मािलक ऊ लोग रहे ।

sɑrɑ jʌmin ke mɑlik u loɡ rʌɦe
sɑrɑ jʌmin ke mɑlik u loɡ rʌɦ-e
whole land GEN owner 3SG.MAS.NOM PL live-3.PST

'... they were owner of the whole land.' (02.029)
In example (6), the noun जमीन /jʌmin/ 'land' occupies the position of possesor noun

modifier. Bhojpuri noun may also occupy the slot of an object complement, as in (7):

(7) पानी िधकला पर बाफ बन जाला ।
pɑni d ̤ iklɑ pʌr bɑpʰ bʌn jɑlɑ

pɑni d ̤ ik-lɑ pʌr bɑpʰ bʌn jɑ-lɑ
water heat-SEQ LOC vapour make go-3SG.PRES

'The water changes into vapour if heated.' (09.205)
In example (7), the noun बाफ /bɑpʰ/ 'vapour' occupies the position of the

object complement. Similarly, Bhojpuri nouns may occupy the slot of locative
expressions, as in (8):

(8) हमर भाई त जीते बा पंजाब म) ।

ɦʌmʌr b̤ ɑi tʌ jite bɑ pʌnjɑb mẽ
ɦʌmʌr b ̤ ɑi tʌ ji-ʌt-e bɑ pʌnjɑb mẽ
1SG.GEN brother COND live-SIM-EMPH be.3SG.PRES Punjab LOC

'My brother is well alive in Panjab.' (10.090)

In example (8), the place name पंजाब /pʌnjɑb/ 'Panjab' occupies the position of
the locative noun phrase.

c) Morphological properties of nouns
Morphological properties of nouns characterize the kind of bound morphemes

that tend to be affixed to a noun. Bhojpuri nouns do not exhibit much complexity in

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