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/ɦʌm/ 'I' and तू /tu/ respectively.

d) The inclusive emphatic -ओ /-o/

(107) a. फुँ किनहारो गइल रहे पाँचे आदमी ।
pʰũkniɦɑro ɡʌil rʌɦe pɑ ̃ ce ɑdmi

pʰũkniɦɑr-o jɑ-il rʌɦ-e pɑ ̃ c-e ɑdmi
funeral attendant-EMPH go-PP live-3.PST five-EMPH man

'The funeral attendants were also five only.' (11.026)
b. रउओ चलv गाँवे ।

rʌuo cʌlĩ ɡɑ ̃ we
rʌuɑ-o cʌl-ĩ ɡɑ ̃ o-e

2SG.H-EMPH walk-IMP.H village-LOC
'Please (you also) come in the village.'

c. ई लउका त मीठो लागी ।
i lʌukɑ tʌ miʈʰo lɑɡi

i lʌukɑ tʌ miʈʰ-o lɑɡ-i
PROX pumpkin COND sweet-EMPH taste-3.FUT

'This pumpkin will taste sweet also.'
d. हम त नीचो बइठेम ।

ɦʌm tʌ nico bʌiʈʰem

ɦʌm tʌ nicɑ-o bʌiʈʰ-em
1SG COND downside-EMPH sit-FUT.H
'I will sit downside, too.'

Examples (106a-d) show that the inclusive emphatic clitic -ओ /-o/ has been

cliticized with a noun फुँ किनहार /phũkniɦɑr/ 'funeral attendant' in (107a), with a

personal pronoun रउआ /rʌuɑ/ 'you (H) in (107b), with adjective मीठ /miʈʰ/ 'sweet' in

(107c) and with an adverb नीचा /nicɑ/ 'downside' in (107d).
e) The inclusive emphatic -हो /-ɦo/

(108) a. जो तुहो पंजाब ।

jo tuɦo pʌnjɑb
jɑ -o tu -ɦo pʌnjɑb

go -IMP 2SG.NOM -EMPH Punjab
'Go to Punjab youself too.' (10.033)

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