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bɑ
bɑ

be.3SG.PRES
'Vegetable of Arum colocasia is being cooked today.' (09.271)

c. िबना काम के पनघट पर मत रह ।

binɑ kɑm ke pʌnɡ ̈ ʌʈ pʌr mʌt rʌɦ
binɑ kɑm ke pʌnɡ ̈ ʌʈ pʌr mʌt rʌɦ
without work caus a quay for water pulling LOC NEG live

'Don't stay worthlessly at water pulling quay.' (09.328)
In example (57a-c), दुख /dukʰ/ 'ache' in (57a), िनऩ /nin ̥ / 'cook' in (57b) and रह

/rʌɦ/ 'live' in (57c) are less prototypical verbs in Bhojpuri. Likewise, the verbs सुत

/sut/ 'sleep', बइठ /bʌiʈʰ/ 'sit', जान /jɑn/ 'know', चाह /cɑɦ/ 'want' among others are less

prototypical in the language.
As िनऩ /nin ̥ / 'cook' in (57b), many verbs also have complex temporally-

sequenced sub-components, as shown in (58a-b):

(58) a. हम ओही म) कुCटया बनाके रहम ।
ɦʌm oɦi mẽ kuʈiɑ bʌnɑke rʌɦʌm

ɦʌm o-ɦi mẽ kuʈiɑ bʌnɑ-ke rʌɦ-em
1SG.NOM 3SG.DIST-EMPH LOC hut make-SEQ live-FUT

'I'll build a hut and live there.' (07.041)
b. ओह िवषय पर नया सृजना करेके पड़ी ।

oɦ bisɛ pʌr nʌyɑ srijʌnɑ kʌreke
oɦ bisɛ pʌr nʌyɑ srijʌn-ɑ kʌr-e-ke

3SG.DIST subject LOC new create-SPEC do-PUR-PUR
pʌɽi

pʌɽ-i
fall-3SG.FUT

'We have to create newer ones on those subjects.' (03.351)
In (58a-b), बना /bʌnɑ/ 'build' in (58a) and सृज /srij/ 'create' in (58b) are the

verbs having complex temporally-sequenced sub-components. The verbs िबन /bin/

'carve', खvच /kʰĩc/ 'draw' and ठोक /ʈʰok/ 'hunt' among others fall in the same group.

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