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piʈ piʈ-u ɑ

beat beat-ADJ
'beat' 'beaten'
b. बुझ बुझनउक

buȷ ̈ buȷ ̈ nʌuk

buȷ ̈ buȷ ̈ -nʌuk
understand understand-ADJ

'understand' understandable
c. दाहा दाहाटु

dɑɦɑ dɑɦɑʈu
dɑɦɑ dɑɦɑ-ʈu

drown drown-ADJ
'drown' 'risky for drowning'
d. उठ उठउआ

uʈʰ uʈʰʌuɑ
uʈʰ uʈʰ-ʌuɑ

rise rise-ADJ
'rise' 'rising'
e. उड़ उड़ंतु

uɽ uɽʌntu
uɽ uɽ-ʌntu
fly fly-ADJ
'fly' 'fliable'

Besides, the infinitive and participle form of verbs in Bhojpuri are the same
and the usage of participles are all used as verbal adjectives.
Moreover, several derivational morphemes derive negative adjectives from

their unmarked affirmative counterparts. Such derivational morphemes occur either as
prefix or as suffix. Bhojpuri does have such pairs of adjectives as its neighbours

Maithili, Awadhi, Hindi and Nepali do, as shown in (39a-f).
(39) Affirmative-negative morphemic pairs

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

a. संभव असंभव

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