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lʌb ̤ ʌkke de
lʌb ̤ -ke de
bow-SEQ give.IMP
'Bow and give me stretching your hand' (05.018)
c. ए बबुआ, एगो िपUी तोड़ ।
e bʌbuɑ eɡo piʈʈʰi toɽ
e bʌbuɑ ek-ɡo piʈʈʰi toɽ
ADD boy one-CLF cake pluck
'O my child, pluck a cake.' (05.010)
The examples (17a-c) exhibit the bare stem form of the verbs in Bhojpuri that
functions as the imperative mood in non-honorific environment. Diachronically this
form has been grammaticalized from its previous function of third person present
habitual aspect, as shown in (18a-b).
(18) a. काने सुण ।
kɑne sun
kɑn-e sun
ear-INST hear-3SG.PRES
th
'Something is heard in the ear.' (Dāmodara 1953:6, 12 Century)
b. हाथ) ले ।
ɦɑtʰẽ le
ɦɑtʰ-e le
hand-INST take-3SG.PRES
th
'Something is taken in the hand.' (Dāmodara 1953:7, 12 Century)
b) Mid-honorific
The verb stem with -आ /-ɑ/ final remains the same and other stems end with
suffix -अ /-ʌ/, as shown in (19a-b).
(19) a. जा घरे ।
jɑ ɡ ̈ ʌre
jɑ ɡ ̈ ʌr-e
go.IMP.MH house-LOC
'Go home.' (011.447)
b. उठऽ हे मुहझYसी !
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