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bisrɑm kɑ bɑd
break GEN later

'after the rest' (01.083)
c. सुनील पटेल का सङे

sunil pʌʈel kɑ sʌŋe
sunil pʌʈel kɑ sʌŋ-e

Sunil Patel GEN company-LOC
'with Sunil Patel' (01.086)

d. दोकान का लगे

dokɑn kɑ lʌɡe
dokɑn kɑ lʌɡ-e
shop GEN near-LOC

'by the shop' (10.048)

Going through the phrases in (36a-d), का kɑ stands as the genitive/possessive
case-marker with the preceding noun. Diachronically, genitive/possessive case marker

postposition का /kɑ/ has been grammaticalization of interrogative pronoun का /kɑ/

'what' originitated in Sanskrit .कम /kim/ which has been shortened as कZ /ki/ in
Maithili. But we also observe that succeeding word which is not necessarily noun but

marked with clitic -ए /-e/ as shown in (36a, c-d).

(ii) Postposition के /ke/
The postposition के /ke/ is most frequently used to mark different cases in

Bhojpuri. It has also been obtained under process of grammaticalization of the

Bhojpuri interrogative pronoun के /ke/ or कौन /kɔn/ has been originated from Sanskrit

कः /kʌ̤ / or का /kɑ/. The different functions of के /ke/ as a case-marker postposition are
shown in (37a-c).

(37) a. नेपाल के सव[\ अदालत

nepɑl ke sʌrboccʌ ʌdɑlʌt
nepɑl ke sʌrboccʌ ʌdɑlʌt
Nepal GEN supreme court

'Supreme Court of Nepal' (01.008)
b. माई-दाई लोग ब\ा के कथा सुनावत रहली ।

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