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ene tʌrɑi se leke one cin ke borɖʌr tʌk
ene tʌrɑi se le-ke one cin ke borɖʌr tʌk

Hither Terai source take-SEQ thither China GEN border till

i tin sɛ kilomiʈʌr joɽɑe nɑ sʌki
i tin sɛ kilomiʈʌr joɽ-ɑ-e nɑ sʌk-i
PROX three hundred kilometre connect-PASS-PUR NEG can-3.FUT

'Can this side of Terai and that side up to China boarder within three
hundred kilometres not be connected?' (01.064)

b. उहाँ िहमाल से लेके इहाँ मधेश तक जोड़ल जाओ ।
uɦɑ ̃ ɦimɑl se leke iɦɑ ̃ mʌd ̤ es tʌk

uɦɑ ̃ ɦimɑl se le-ke iɦɑ ̃ mʌd ̤ es tʌk
there mountain source take-SEQ here Madhesh till

joɽʌl jɑo
joɽ-ʌl jɑ-o

connect-INF go-OPT
'Snowy mountains (there) and Madhesh (here) are connected together ' (01.043)

In examples (10a-b), the spatial deictic words एने से ओने /ene se one/ 'hither to

̃
̃
thither' follow near>far order in (10a) whereas उहाँ से इहाँ /uɦɑ se iɦɑ/ 'there to here'
follow far>near order in (10b).
(ii) Adult>young
In terms of age the Bhojpuri conjoined NPs generally follow adult>young

order but there is its reverse usage, too, as shown in (11a-b).
(11) a. cdतम आ सोहराब दूनू बापूत लड़के मर गइलन ।

rustʌm ɑ soɦrɑb dunu bɑput lʌɽke
rustʌm ɑ soɦrɑb du nu bɑput lʌɽ-ke

Rustam and Sohrab two -EMPH father and son fight-SEQ

mʌr ɡʌilʌn
mʌr jɑ-il-ʌn
die go-PP-3.PST.MH

'Rustam and Sohrab, both father and son, died of fighting each other.'
b. पाँचो पांडव आ कुंती छऊ बेटामातारी बने-बने घुमल2 ।

pɑ ̃ co pɑnɖʌb ɑ kunti cʰʌu beʈɑ-mɑtɑri

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