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(19) a. मुस िबल मB ढुँक गइल ।
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mus bil mẽ ɖũk ɡʌil
̈
mus bil mẽ ɖũk jɑ-il
mouse hole LOC enter go-3SG.PST

'The mouse entered the hole.' (09.375)

b. अब छोटकु पंजाब प[ँचलख ... ... ।
ʌb cʰoʈku pʌnjɑb pʌɦũclʌkʰ

ʌb cʰoʈ-ku pʌnjɑb pʌɦũc-ʌl-ʌkʰ
now small-DEF Punjab reach-PP-3.PST

'Now the younger reached Punjab ' (10.039)
A number of verbs of this type code events of motion:
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आ /ɑ/ 'come' ढुँक /ɖũk/ 'enter'
जा /jɑ/ 'go' भाग /b ̤ ɑɡ/ 'flee'

लउक /lʌuk/ 'look, appear' पइस /pʌis/ 'enter, get down'

7.2.5 Transitive verbs with an indirect object
An indirect object is added to the pattern of simple transitive verbs occurring

mostly as a postpositional phrase but alternatively as a non-nominative noun phrase.
Such indirect object is widely defined argument type and the noun phrases are coded

as non-core participants. Hence, the subject is an agent, the direct object a patient in a
changed physical location, and the indirect object a locative: NPSBJ PP/NPIO NPDO

V, as exemplified in (20).
(20) पिहले गाँव मB लोग गड़ी राखत रहे ।

pʌɦile ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ loɡ ɡʌɽi rɑkʰʌt rʌɦe
[pʌɦil-e ɡɑ ̃ o mẽ] IO [loɡ] SBJ [ɡʌɽi] DO rɑkʰ-ʌt rʌɦ-e

first-DEF village LOC people a cart keep-SIM live-3.PST
'Those days, villagers used to have carts.' (09.027)
A number of verbs of this type also code events of movement caused by a

human agent:
िनकाल /nikɑl/ 'extract' फेँ क /pʰẽk/ 'throw'

हाँक /ɦɑk/ 'drive' बाऩ /bɑn ̥ / 'tighten with rope, fasten, block'
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