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As such as दे /de-/ 'give', ले /le-/ 'take' conjuncts are found in abundant and

most of the hosts are the same as in दे /de-/ conjuncts such as मार ले /mɑr le/

'kill/hit/enjoy', जान ले /jɑn le/ 'know/notice/kill', काट ले /kɑʈ le/ 'cut', उNजा ले /ubjɑ le/
'produce', कर ले /kʌr le/ 'do', दान ले /dɑn le/ 'have donation', फार ले /pʰɑr le/ 'tear', कस

ले /kʌrs le/ 'place and tighten', जोड़ ले /joɽ le/ 'add/stitch', ले ले /le le/ 'take' and so on.

Though it seems to be similar to a greater extent with दे /de-/ conjuncts, it differs

sometimes in the way that the host verb supercedes the verbalizer with sense of 'have',
as shown in (40a-b).

(40) a. ... बुFढ़आ ओके पकड़के धोकरी मB कस लेली आ चल देली ।

buɽ ̊ iɑ oke pʌkʌɽke d ̤ okʌri mẽ kʌs
buɽ ̊ iɑ oke pʌkʌɽ-ke d ̤ okʌri mẽ kʌs
old woman 3SG.ACC catch-SEQ bag LOC place and tighten

leli ɑ cʌl deli

le-ʌl-i ɑ cʌl de-ʌl-i
take-3SG.PST-F.MH and walk give-3SG.PST-F.MH
'... the old woman pulled him down, tightened him in the bag and went.' (07.039)

b. ... रउआ कुछ उबजा लेनी ... ।

rʌuɑ kucʰ ubjɑ leni
rʌuɑ kucʰ ubjɑ le-ni
2SG.H something grow take-PST.H

'... you produced something ' (02.110)

The verbalizer ले /le/ 'take' and दे /de/ 'give' are partially grammaticalized
functionally (Das 2015:66), as presented in (41a-b).

(41) a. ऊ हमर झोरा ले लेलस ।

u ɦʌmʌr ȷ ̈ orɑ le lelʌs
u ɦʌm-ʌr ȷ ̈ orɑ le le-ʌl-ʌs
3SG.NOM 1SG-POSS bag take take-PP-3SG.PST

'S/he took my bag.' <In a sense that s/he should not have taken it but s/he
did.>

b. ऊ हमर झोरा दे देलस ।
u ɦʌmʌr ȷ ̈ orɑ de delʌs

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