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rʌɦ-e
live-3.PST

'WHO came here, WHAT to do with WHICH means and WHEN?' (13.183)
In example (10a), के /ke/ 'who' and कथी /kʌtʰi/ 'what' are employed to form

multiple constituent questions. Similarly, in (10b), कहाँ /kʌɦɑ/ 'where', कौना /kɔnɑ/
̃
'whom' and का /kɑ/ 'what' are employed and in (10c) किहआ /kʌɦiɑ/ 'when', कौन /kɔn/

'who' and कथी /kʌtʰi/ 'what/which' are employed to form multiple constituent questions.

c) Plurality in constituent questions
Generally, the constituent question words are not pluralized, i.e., they do not
take the Bhojpuri plural marking morpheme -अन /-ʌn/. But they take the peripheral

plural words लोग /loɡ/ 'people' and सब /sʌb/ 'all'. Besides, to encode the plurality of the

questioned element, the question word is also repeated in the language, as in (13a-d):

(13) a. कौन-कौन चीज के तरे लागी खेती करे म) ?
kɔn kɔn cij ke tʌre lɑɡi kʰeti kʌre mẽ

kɔn kɔn cij ke tʌre lɑɡ-i kʰeti kʌr-e mẽ
what what matter what such use-3FUT farming do-PUR LOC

'What are the essential components and how they should be used in
farming?' (02.014)

b. कइसन-कइसन Mजार के >योग कइल जाई ?
kʌisʌn kʌisʌn ɔ ̃ jɑr ke prʌyoɡ kʌil jɑi

kʌisʌn kʌisʌn ɔ ̃ jɑr ke prʌyoɡ kʌr-il jɑ-i
how how tool GEN use do-INF go-3.FUT

'What types of tools will be used?' (02.015)
c. का0 दुआर पर के लोग आइल रहलन ?

kɑl̥ duɑr pʌr ke loɡ ɑil rʌɦlʌn
kɑl̥ duɑr pʌr ke loɡ ɑ-il rʌɦ-ʌl-ʌn

yesterday door LOC who PL come-INF live-PP-3.PST.H
'Who had come on the door yesterday?' (13.184)

d. बाजार म) का सब ;कनलऽ ?

bɑjɑr mẽ kɑ sʌb kinlʌ
bɑjɑr mẽ kɑ sʌb kin-ʌl-ʌ
market LOC what PL buy-PP-2.PST.MH

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