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b. काt के गोली-टाँड़ म) हमर टाँड़े टुट गइल ।

kɑl̥ ke ɡoliʈɑ ̃ ɽ mẽ ɦʌmʌr ʈɑ ̃ ɽe ʈuʈ
kɑl̥ ke ɡoliʈɑ ̃ ɽ mẽ ɦʌmʌr ʈɑ ̃ ɽ-e ʈuʈ
yesterday GEN tipcat LOC 1SG.GEN bat-EMPH break

ɡʌil
jɑ-il

go-3SG.PST
'It was my bat that was broken in yesterday's game of tipcat.' (09.013)

c. केकरा भर से एतना कुदताड़े ?
kekrɑ b ̤ ʌr se etnɑ kudʌtɑɽe

kekʌr-ɑ b ̤ ʌr se etnɑ kud-ʌt bɑɽe
whose-SPEC support with so much jump-SIM be.2.PRES

'Whose support is there to make you jump?' (09.214)
In example (56a-c), मार /mɑr/ 'shoot' in (56a), टुट /ʈut/ 'break' in (56b) and कुद

/kud/ 'jump' in (56c) are the basic verbs in Bhojpuri as in its neighbours Chitoniya
Tharu (Paudyal 2013:187), Maithili (Yadav 1996:150), Awadhi (Saksena
1937/1971:232), Hindi (Koul 2008:93) and Nepali (Upadhyay 2010:59 and Adhikari

2016:171). The verbs लितया /lʌtiɑ/ 'kick', हट /ɦʌʈ/ or छोड़ /cʰoɽ/ 'leave', िगर /ɡir/ 'drop',
फु ट /pʰuʈ/ 'break into pieces' among others are the prototypical verbs in Bhojpuri.

Certain range of variation is found in this category as well. Some verbs are
less prototypical, and may code events of longer duration, as in (57a-c):

(57) a. आज त हमर गतर गतर दुखा रहल बा ।

ɑj tʌ ɦʌmʌr ɡʌtʌr ɡʌtʌr dukʰɑ rʌɦʌl
ɑj tʌ ɦʌmʌr ɡʌtʌr ɡʌtʌr dukʰ-ɑ rʌɦ-ʌl
today COND 1SG.GEN organ organ ache-CAUS live-INF

bɑ
bɑ

be.3SG.PRES
'My all organs are aching today.' (09.229)

b. आज कंडा के तरकारी िनऩा रहल बा ।

ɑj kʌnɖɑ ke tʌrkɑri nin ̥ ɑ rʌɦʌl
ɑj kʌnɖɑ ke tʌrkɑri nin ̥ -ɑ rʌɦ-ʌl
today Arum colocasia GEN vegetable cook-CAUS live-INF

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