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tu nicɑ-e bʌiʈʰ
2SG downside-EMPH sit.IMP

'Sit downside only.' (Thakur 2013:77)
In examples (104a-d), the exclusive emphatic clitic -ए /-e/ has been cliticized

with a noun राम /rɑm/ 'Ram' in (104a), with a personal pronoun रउआ /rʌuɑ/ 'you (H)'

in (104b), with an adjective भुखल /b ̤ ukʰʌl/ 'hungry' in (104c) and with an adverb नीचा

/nicɑ/ 'downside' in (104d).
b) The exclusive emphatic -हे /-ɦe/

(105) a. तूहे अइहऽ, हम ना ।

tuɦe ʌiɦʌ ɦʌm nɑ
tu-ɦe ɑ-i-ʌ ɦʌm nɑ

2SG.NOM-EMPH come-FUT-IMP.MH 1SG.NOM NEG
'You will only come, not I.' (13.045)

b. नेपाली म) उहे मादल हो गइल बा ।
nepɑli mẽ uɦe mɑdʌl ɦo ɡʌil bɑ

nepɑli mẽ u-ɦe mɑdʌl ɦo jɑ-il bɑ
Nepali LOC 3SG.DEM.DIST-EMPH Madal be go-PP be.3SG.PRES

'The same has become Madal in Nepali.' (03.295)
Examples (105a-b) show that the exclusive emphatic clitic -हे /-ɦe/ is cliticized

with a personal pronoun.
c) The exclusive emphatic -ही /-ɦi/

(106) a. हमही जाएम, ऊ ना जाई ।

ɦʌmɦi jɑem u nɑ jɑi
ɦʌm-ɦi jɑ-em u nɑ jɑ-i

1SG.NOM-EMPH go-FUT.H 3SG.NOM NEG go-3SG.FUT
'I will only go, he won't go.' (13.046)

b. ... तुही खइह तीनगो ... ।

tuɦi kʰʌiɦʌ tinɡo
tu-ɦi kʰɑ-i-ʌ tin-ɡo

2SG.NOM-EMPH eat-FUT-IMP.MH three-CLF
' only you will eat the three ...' (11.025)
In examples (106a-b), clitic -ही /-ɦi/ is cliticized with personal prouns हम

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