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ɦʌmrɑ ɡʌɦũe cɑɦĩ
ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ ɡʌɦũ-e cɑɦ-ĩ

1SG-GEN-DAT wheat-EMPH want-OPT
'I need wheat only.' (09.547)

b. ओकर नामकरण रउए कइले रहनी ।
okʌr nɑmkʌrʌn rʌue kʌile rʌɦni

u-ʌr nɑmkʌrʌn rʌuɑ-e kʌr-il-e rʌɦ-ni
3SG-GEN baptism 2SG.H-EMPH do-PP-SEQ live-PST.H

'You yourself had named the programme.' (03.404)
c. दुइए गन ।

duie ɡʌn
du-e ɡʌn

two-EMPH count.IMP
'Count two only.' (09.521)

d. जि?दए देह खाली होखेवाला बा ।

jʌldie deɦ kʰɑli ɦokʰewɑlɑ bɑ
jʌldi-e deɦ kʰɑli ɦokʰ-e-wɑlɑ bɑ
soon-EMPH body empty be-PUR-owner be.3SG.PRES

'Her delivery is very close.' (12.031)
e. त एf िवषय म" बात त उcठए रहल बा ।

tʌ eɦu bisɛ mẽ bɑt tʌ uʈʰie rʌɦʌl

tʌ e-ɦu bisɛ mẽ bɑt tʌ uʈʰ-e rʌɦ-ʌl
COND PROX-EMPH issue LOC matter COND rise-EMPH live-INF

bɑ
bɑ

be.3SG.PRES
'Then the concern is being raised even on this issue.' (01.054)

In (32a-e), the emphatic marker suffix -ए /-e/ has brought a noun ग1ँ /ɡʌɦũ/
'wheat' into focus. Likewise, second person pronoun रउआ /rʌuɑ/ 'you(H)' in (32b),

numeral adjective दू /du/ 'two' in (32c), adverb of time ज?दी /jʌldi/ 'soon' in (32d) and

an intransitive verb उठ /uʈʰ/ 'rise' in (32e).

As a Hindi borrowoing, ही /ɦi/ 'only' is a focus marking particle along with its

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