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उठ /uʈʰ/ 'rise, stand, wake' खुल /kʰul/ 'open'
बढ़ /bʌɽ ̊ / 'grow, increase, forward' भभक /b ̤ ʌb ̤ ʌk/ 'spill'
There are some other verbs that can take as a single argument, to a lesser
extent, an agent or a patient-of-state subject:
उठ /uʈʰ/ 'rise, stand, wake' सुत /sut/ 'sleep'
रो /ro/ 'weep, cry' सड़ /sʌɽ/ 'rotten'
उठ /uʈʰ/ 'rise' is exemplified in (16).
(16) बेरा उठ गइल ।
berɑ uʈʰ ɡʌil
berɑ uʈʰ jɑ-il
sun rise go-3.PST
'The sun rose up.' (11.014)
7.2.3 Simple transitive verbs
Subject noun phrase coded in nominative and direct object noun phrase coded
in the nominative or accusative are the arguments of the transitive verbs in Bhojpuri
as found in English. The unmarked word order is subject preceding direct object:
NPSBJ NPDO V as exemplified in (17a-b).
(17) a. ... ... तोहर मास-भात खातानी ।
toɦʌr mɑs-b ̤ ɑt kʰɑtɑni
toɦʌr mɑs-b ̤ ɑt kʰɑ-ʌt bɑni
2SG.GEN meat and rice eat-IMPF be.PRES.H
'
I'll eat your meat and rice.' (07.029)
b. ... ... कृ^ण सुदश_न च` से िशशुपाल के मार देहलB ... ... ।
krisnʌ sudʌrsʌn cʌkrʌ se sisupɑl ke mɑr
krisnʌ sudʌrsʌn cʌkrʌ se sisupɑl ke mɑr
Krishna Sudarshan cog INST Shishupal ACC kill
deɦlẽ
de-ʌl-ẽ
give-3.PST-H
'Krishna killed Shishupal with his Sudarshan Chakra, a cog.' (07.072)
The direct object in most of the transitive verbs of this type occurs as a
patient-of-change role corresponding to the role of the subject of the typical
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