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d. कCरआ /kʌriɑ/ 'black': कCरआ-कुचकुच /kʌriɑ-kuckuc/ 'nighty black or darkish

black', कCरआ-Cरiा /kʌriɑ-riʈʈʰɑ/ 'deep black (skin)', कCरआ-जामुन /kʌriɑ-
jɑmun/ 'cloudy black', कCरआ-भुजेङ /kʌriɑ-b ̤ ujeŋ/ 'karait black'.

e. हCरअर /ɦʌriʌr/ 'green': हCरअर-कचनार /ɦʌriʌr-kʌcnɑr/ 'bright green'

f. पातर /pɑtʌr/ 'thin': पातर-लकलक /pɑtʌr-lʌklʌk/ 'lean and thin'
As its neighbours Hindi (Kaul, 2008:81-82), Nepali (Pokharel, 2010) and
Maithili (Grierson, 1909:63-72), Bhojpuri adjectives are suffixed with determiners

that often reflect gender, as shown in (36a-d).

(36) a. -आ /-ɑ/ as in िपअर /piʌr/ 'yellow'—िपअरा /piʌrɑ/ 'the yellow one'
b. -हवा /-ɦʌwɑ/ as in खQा /kʰʌʈʈɑ/ 'sour'—खटहवा /kʰʌʈʌɦʌwɑ/ 'the sour one'

c. -उआवा /miʈʰ/ 'sweet'—मीठुआवा /miʈʰuɑwɑ/ 'the sweet one'

d. -का /-kɑ/ (M) and -कb /-ki/ (F) as
Adjectives
Neutral Mesculine Feminine

गोर गोरका गोरकb
ɡor ɡorkɑ ɡorki
ɡor ɡor-kɑ ɡor-ki

olive olive-M olive-F
'olive' 'the olive one (male)' 'the olive one (female)'

कCरआ कCरआका कCरअकb
kʌriɑ kʌriɑkɑ kʌriʌki
kʌriɑ kʌriɑ-kɑ kʌriɑ-ki

black black-M black-F
'black' 'the black one (male)' 'the black one (female)'

(ii) Derivational morphology
Like its neighbours Maithili (Grierson 1909:63-72), Awadhi (Saksena

1937:145), Hindi (Kaul 2008:85-7), Nepali (Pokharel, 2010) and English as well;
Bhojpuri has a large number of adjectives derived from either nouns or verbs. Thus,
their meaning owes to the original input noun or verb, some to the semantic derivation

type (Givón 2001a:87). Some examples of noun-to-adjective derivation:
(37) Noun to adjective

NOUN ADJECTIVE
a. गाँव गवाँर

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