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d. ... लlमीजी ... ओकरा के र]ाबंधन बाPहके अपन भाई बनइली ... ।

lʌkcʰmi-ji okʌrɑ ke rʌkcʰɑbʌnd ̤ ʌn bɑn ̥ ke
lʌkcʰmi-ji u-ʌr-ɑ ke rʌkcʰɑ-bʌnd ̤ ʌn bɑn ̥ -ke
Laxmi-H 3.SG-GEN-SPEC DAT protection-bond bind-SEQ

ʌpʌn b ̤ ɑi bʌnʌili
ɑpʌn b ̤ ɑi bʌnɑ-il-i
GEN brother make-PP-3.PST.F.MH
'... Lady Laxmi accepted him as her brother by binding Raxabandhan ' (07.050)

In examples (12a-d), the dative उनका के /unkɑ ke/ 'him (H)' in (12a), अपने के

/ʌpne ke/ 'you (H)' in (12b), तोहे /toɦe/ 'you' in (12c) and ओकरा के /okrɑ ke/ 'him' in
(12c) are in the clause-initial position as dative-shift.
Likewise, the dative-shift in clause-final position is presented in (13a-c).

(13) a. ओ म" हम सब से पिहले एकरा खाितर धPयवाद देम आ आभार भी Ln करेम हमनी के
गु0 4ा. डॉ. योगBC 4साद यादवजी के ... ।

o mẽ ɦʌm sʌb se pʌɦile ekrɑ kʰɑtir

o mẽ ɦʌm sʌb se pʌɦil-e e-ʌr-ɑ kʰɑtir
DIST LOC 1SG.NOM all ABL first-EMPH PROX-POSS-SPEC for

d ̤ ʌnyʌbɑd dem ɑ ɑb ̤ ɑr b ̤ i byʌkt kʌrem
d̤ ʌnyʌbɑd de-ɦem ɑ ɑb̤ ɑr b̤ i byʌkt kʌr-em

thank give-FUT.H and gratitude also express do-FUT.H

ɦʌmni ke ɡuru prɑd̤ yɑpʌk ɖɔkʈʌr yoɡendrʌ prʌsɑd
ɦʌm-ni ke ɡuru prɑd ̤ yɑpʌk ɖɔkʈʌr yoɡendrʌ prʌsɑd
1SG-PL GEN teacher professor doctor Yogendra Prasad

yɑdʌbji ke
yɑdʌb-ji ke
Yadava-H DAT

'For this I express my thanks and gratefulness to our Guru Prof. Dr.
Yogendra Prasad Yadava ' (03.078)

b. अभीन बतावेके हम चाहतानी अपने के ।

ʌb ̤ in bʌtɑweke ɦʌm cɑɦʌtɑni ʌpne ke
ʌb ̤ in bʌtɑ-weke ɦʌm cɑɦ-ʌt bɑni ʌpne ke

now tell-OBL 1SG.NOM want-IMPF be.PRES.H 2SG.H DAT

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